On 04/07/2014 10:06 AM, Tim wrote: >> what is this, and how do you stop it?? seems like a waste of >> > processing power & time. > You should probably look at your "sessions" preference, or whatever it's > called in the desktop that you're using. > > It controls what things are started up each time you log in. In my > case, it involved a lot of things I didn't need, or couldn't use > (package kit checking for program updates, non-existent bluetooth > hardware, et cetera). Sometimes, uninstalling things causes you > problems, because they want to take out a lot of other things, too. > But, you can nearly always stop those things from being run, without > unwanted extra problems cropping up. In my MATE desktop that would be under System-Preferences-Personal-Startup applications ( I think that is what you mean).. it shows a few duplicates, 2 screensavers's 1 mate 1 xscreensaver.. 2 Power Management apps, 1 Mate, 1 xfce4.. is that because I have both Mate & XFCE4 installed? -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org