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Why does VirtualBox keep launching on boot? (lemmy.ca)
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Sorry if this kind of question isn't allowed here, but I'm at my wit's end. VB randomly started launching on startup about 2 weeks ago (on EndeavourOS) and I can't figure out why. There's no shortcut in ~/config/autostart, it isn't in the KDE startup apps list, and I can't find anything virtualbox-related with systemctl either. There's also no setting in the VB app itself. WTF?

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[-] JTskulk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Try to exclude it from being restored on KDE startup. There could be something running in the background that keeps getting saved and restored. Go to System Settings, System, Desktop Session, put virtualbox in the ignored applications list. You can also just choose "Start with an empty session" and then relog to see if that stops it from coming back, then you'll know if this is causing your problem or not. Good luck!

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I was feeling good about this one, but that didn't work either.

[-] JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Bummer! What's its parent process? Maybe that will hint at something.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure what you mean by this, sorry! My Linux expertise is limited once I get below surface level.

[-] JTskulk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Well hey, welcome to the Linux club :)

Unlike Windows, in Linux every process has a parent except for PID (Process ID) 1, which is the init system. You can run a command like ps auxf and you'll get a tree of all your processes and you can hopefully see what spawned VirtualBox.

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