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I use Linux Mint on one of my machines. The other day I tried xclock via Terminal command line. I then found I couldn't stop, end or kill it. Or rather I could kill it but it immediately restarted. Every time.

Since then it starts with every system startup, in the middle of the screen, in default colours. I can start a second instance, with any parameters I choose, and successfully kill the new one. But I can't get rid of the old one.

This is driving me mad. How can I remove whatever starts this thing every time?

PotatoCrisp
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I am using Mint MATE 20.3

I set the xclock colors in this file (luc is my user name, change accordingly your settings)

sudo xed /home/luc/.Xresources

I test with

xrdb -load ~/.Xresources && xclock

For the immediate restart, sorry I do not know. Is is in a cron job ? Check with

crontab -l

( info from Facelifting XClock while using Xrender: A long and winding road )

Luc
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  • Since it was annoying me I gave in and renamed xclock. But I would still love to know if there is a right way to stop it. – PotatoCrisp Apr 01 '22 at 15:12
  • There is surely a way to stop it, but it ask for investigation. Did you check in the 'control center', the entry 'Applics on start' ( I translate from French, so the text is approximative, search 'start' ) – Luc Apr 02 '22 at 16:10