'alacarte' crashes, and no apparent way to set Start-up apps, but yes, there is, and hidden (Gnome-session-properties)

[Fernando Cassia]

# yum install alacarte
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Dropbox                                         |  951 B     00:00
fedora/metalink                                 |  36 kB     00:00
google-chrome                                   |  951 B     00:00
google-chrome/primary                           | 1.4 kB     00:00
updates/metalink                                |  54 kB     00:00
updates-testing/metalink                        |  41 kB     00:00
google-chrome                                                      3/3
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package alacarte.noarch 0:0.13.2-3.fc16 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=======================================================================
 Package        Arch         Version                Repository    Size
=======================================================================
Installing:
 alacarte       noarch       0.13.2-3.fc16          fedora       127 k

Transaction Summary
=======================================================================
Install  1 Package

Total download size: 127 k
Installed size: 367 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
alacarte-0.13.2-3.fc16.noarch.rpm               | 127 kB     00:01
Running Transaction Check
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing : alacarte-0.13.2-3.fc16.noarch                       1/1
  Verifying  : alacarte-0.13.2-3.fc16.noarch                       1/1

Installed:
  alacarte.noarch 0:0.13.2-3.fc16

Complete!
[root at 2cabezas default]#

When I run 'alacarte'

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# alacarte

** (process:4402): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GMountMountFlags'
as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (process:4402): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GDriveStartFlags'
as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** (process:4402): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GSocketMsgFlags'
as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 22, in <module>
    from Alacarte.MainWindow import MainWindow
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 19,
in <module>
    import gtk, gmenu, gobject, gio
ImportError: No module named gmenu

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???

I was trying to run 'alacarte'  because it is said here
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=263528

That it' s the only way to configure (via a GUI) what programs are run at
system startup

To quote someone:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=1519489&postcount=9

"I'd kick those who made theese stupid changes in Gnome 3. Searching how to
add an app to startup I've lost hours of my life. In gnome 2 it was a
question of few seconds!"

Apparently it all comes down to this bug... that after ~8 months, hasn' t
been fixed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734442

I then found by PURE CHANCE that "gnome-session-properties" includes a
"startup applications" listing.

So, Why-oh-why doesn't 'startup applications' appear in the list of apps
under "system tools" or in the "System settings" folder view, specifically
under "System" ?
Isn't a list of apps that run at startup a "system setting"?. And why hide
gnome-session-properties, for heaven' s sake?

FC
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act
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