Description of problem: A recent change in the KDE packages (see mention in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=247284) means that all KDE sessions start the puplet applet whether it's wanted or not. Removing pirut is not currently an option because it is depended on by system-config-printer. In any case, the choice of desktop-specific applets should not be determined by system-wide configuration. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pirut-1.3.23-1.fc7 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install pirut 2. Log in to a KDE desktop 3. Actual results: puplet is autostarted. Expected results: puplet should not be autostarted unless configured to do so by the logged in user. Additional info:
/etc/xdg/autostart is the right place. GNOME allows for users to opt-in or out of the autostarted applications. If you _don't_ put it there, then the user has to know it exists to start it which sucks.
How am I supposed to opt out in KDE? The only method I can see is, as root, root@frege:~# rm /etc/xdg/autostart/puplet.desktop Any pointers would be most welcome.