$ locate unity-newrelease-checker /etc/xdg/autostart/unity-newrelease-checker.desktop $ cat /etc/xdg/autostart/unity-newrelease-checker.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=Unity New RC check Comment=Check if a New RC from the unity ppa is available to display the info Icon=checkbox Exec=/usr/share/checkbox-unity/unity-newrelease-checker OnlyShowIn=Unity; X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=30 X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Application X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=checkbox-unity $cat /usr/share/checkbox-unity/unity-newrelease-checker cat: /usr/share/checkbox-unity/unity-newrelease-checker: No such file or directory As consecuence, I get on .xsession-errors gnome-session[3656]: WARNING: Could not launch application 'unity-newrelease-checker.desktop':