system clean up questions

[jsfarinet]

I try to clean up my system a bit. And in that context i've some questions:

1) /etc/xdg/autostart/

Are the files in that directory automatically executed or not, by default i mean? (I've installed fbautostart, a fluxbox helper, which scans and then starts automatically the local and the system autostart directory).

2) in /etc/xdg/autostart/ i've - among others - 2 desktop files i'm not really sure if and wherefor they are needed:
at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop
gsettings-data-convert.desktop

Some kind soul here could explain?

TIA for any pointer!

[gapan]

1) /etc/xdg/autostart/

Are the files in that directory automatically executed or not, by default i mean? (I've installed fbautostart, a fluxbox helper, which scans and then starts automatically the local and the system autostart directory).

Yes, they are executed by default. Unless they include a "NoDisplay=True" line, in which case they aren't. And there are also lines like "OnlyShowIn=KDE" which means that the respective app is started only on KDE. Similarly there could be "NotShowIn" lines and maybe a couple more that I'm forgetting right now.

2) in /etc/xdg/autostart/ i've - among others - 2 desktop files i'm not really sure if and wherefor they are needed:
at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop
gsettings-data-convert.desktop

The first one should never be executed under normal conditions. The second one should be executed only once and if you're upgrading from an older Gnome version that used gconf to a newer that uses gsettings (which you don't).