Ravi, Thanks for the try. No glory because they are not listed either under current session or startup programs... any other ideas? Ravi Shanker wrote: > Try this, > Open "Main Menu[System]->Preferences->Sessions" > And there remove firefox and thunderbird from the startup programs. > > Also watch for the Order values. > > On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 21:27 -0400, Dave Sampson wrote: > >> hey Folks, >> >> Running FC6 and GNOME. >> >> I've tried scratching my head on how to start searching for answers to >> my problem but I think I lack the proper terms and vocab. >> >> This is the problem. >> >> 1. I boot my computer (fine) >> 2. I login with ID and PW >> 3. Desktop starts to load, but before I see the gnome "loading splash >> screen" what ever this is called. I get firefox that checks for updates >> and then opens. I have to then close it manualy. Then Thunderbird starts >> up and I have to exit that manualy. >> 4. then the splash come sup with all the little icons that apear as >> various things load... >> 5. then I have my desktop. >> 6. Then I reopen thunderbird (to check e-mail) >> 7. then I open firefox to surf. >> 8. continue on with general procrastination. >> >> How can I fix the problem of the pre-load issue of firefox and thunderbird. >> >> I usualy do RPM's but no RPS'm avail for 2.x of either so I went with >> tar binaries. >> >> I search for boot order and GDM and GNOM and GNOME desktop and display >> maner etc etc etc... but nothing documenting this behaviour... i tried >> searching bugs at the mozilla bug pages for both issues and still >> nothing..... >> >> any ideas? >> >> Cheers >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-list mailing list >> gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list