Confirmed this works: https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-tweak-tool/pull/1/files
You can do the changes directly. Open the file: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_startup.py And: Add 1 line after line 21: import pwd Add 1 line after line 208: login = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0] Remove line 210 and replace it by: login,'-o','cmd'], -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1316289 Title: unable to add "startup applications" in gnome-tweak-tool To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-tweak-tool/+bug/1316289/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs