Telegram desktop

HowardPC · 02-03-2020, 04:18 PM

I value Telegram Desktop for messaging securely, but cannot figure out how to configure it so it starts up minimised after bootup (this is on Linux Mint, if that makes a difference).

longhornsky · 02-03-2020, 05:51 PM

Open Startup Applications via the Activities overview. Alternatively you can press Alt + F2 and run the gnome-session-properties command.
Click Add and enter the command to be executed at login (name and comment are optional).

HowardPC · 02-04-2020, 04:11 AM

My problem seems to be that Telegram is installed via the flatpak system.
In the .desktop file in my autostart folder there is this line:

Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=telegram-desktop --file-forwarding org.telegram.desktop -- @@u %u @@ -startintray

However, the -startintray part of the command is not respected (or perhaps is incorrectly specified?). Do you know how flatpak applies command line parameters?

manhan · 04-30-2020, 06:54 AM

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shruggy · 04-30-2020, 08:36 AM

Link spam & sockpuppetry reported

enigma9o7 · 04-30-2020, 10:07 AM

Install the deb instead of the flatpak. The -startintray option works there for me.

terrybb · 09-03-2023, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HowardPC

My problem seems to be that Telegram is installed via the flatpak system.
In the .desktop file in my autostart folder there is this line:

Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=telegram-desktop --file-forwarding org.telegram.desktop -- @@u %u @@ -startintray

However, the -startintray part of the command is not respected (or perhaps is incorrectly specified?). Do you know how flatpak applies command line parameters?

This is what worked for me:
/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/telegram-desktop --file-forwarding org.telegram.desktop -startintray -- @@u %u @@