generic way to find where something is being called, if you known the name of that something: enter as your user in terminal: # su - youruser $ grep -irs skype . | less now just need to parse the output, find where its being called (probably .X?? or .x?? or .gnome??), remove it. --Virilha ----- Message from "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> --------- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:54:51 -0400 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Subject: [CentOS] NUX Skype for Linux To: centos at centos.org > I had cause to install the Skype for Linux package from the NUX repo. > I discover that this package is configured to automatically start > Skype whenever one logs on to the Gnome desktop. This behaviour I do > not wish. However, there seems to be no option in Skype to turn that > 'feature' off. Is there any way to disable this in Gnome or elsewhere? > > I will be removing Skype shortly when the present need for it passes > but I do not wish this thing automatically starting in the meantime. > > > -- > *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** > Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail > James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca > Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca > 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 > Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 > Canada L8E 3C3 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ----- End message from "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> -----