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I am having some issues with Plank, so I uninstalled it by doing apt remove --purge plank. After reinstalling it, I could run the dock by starting it on the command line, but it would not start with the desktop.
I tried putting it on the startup applications on Switchboard, but it would not work anyway. How can I make plank startup automatically again on login?
This is controlled via a dconf setting in Loki:
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.cerbere monitored-processes
It should contain plank (the default is ['wingpanel', 'plank']). If plank is not listed, you can just add it:
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.cerbere monitored-processes "['wingpanel', 'plank']"
io.elementary.desktop.cerbere monitored-processes