I've been trying to find a way to get MATE Terminal to remember my open tabs, as otherwise all of my state is lost whenever I have to restart the PC. The platform I'm using is Ubuntu 24.04. I installed MATE afterwards, so it's not quite the same as Ubuntu MATE. [This answer](https://askubuntu.com/questions/310705/some-fast-way-to-save-and-restore-tabs-of-terminal/310750#310750) on Ask Ubuntu described command line options for Gnome Terminal which also existed for MATE Terminal, so I decided to try them. But when I tried to launch it from a different terminal emulator:

$ mate-terminal --save-config=/home/mclauam/mate-terminal.cfg
Failed to handle options: Cannot use "--save-config" when starting the factory process

Because of the reference to a "factory process" I tried adding --disable-factory to the command line. Regardless of where I put it, MATE Terminal still failed to launch, although for some reason the error text now begins "Error handling options" instead of "Failed to handle options":

$ mate-terminal --disable-factory --save-config=/home/mclauam/mate-terminal.cfg
Error handling options: Cannot use "--save-config" when starting the factory process

$ mate-terminal --save-config=/home/mclauam/mate-terminal.cfg --disable-factory
Error handling options: Cannot use "--save-config" when starting the factory process

I tried sudo, but it made no difference. I used an option which I knew to be invalid, just to confirm that the above wasn't the usual error message when trying a nonexistent option:

$ mate-terminal --underlay
Failed to parse arguments: Unknown option --underlay

I don't even know what is meant by "the factory process", or why it would render one of the application's own command-line options invalid! The [manpage](https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/noble/man1/mate-terminal.1.html) gave no indication that this option might be invalid or interact poorly with a "factory process". How can I launch mate-terminal with --save-config and/or --load-config?

UPDATE2 Best approach as of now: Mirroring of the GUI way. Problem: emacs launched along the way is restricted by being bound to the terminal-session: What do you do, when you're like "Okay, done with emacs, for now, wanna enter some bash commands now." ? You suspend emacs by typing in Ctrl+z. That makes emacs go into the background and stop until you resume it from there once again. But not, if you start mate-terminal & emacs like described here! Even more: In reaction to that unwanted outcome, if you then head for alternative route by ending emacs with Ctrl-x Ctrl-c, not only emacs is ended, but also the mate-terminal-session! Unwanted #2. There is a walk-around, but it's a bit hacky - there MUST be better ways to handle this than doing the following:

Ctrl-alt-t (another mate-terminal-tab opens)
Ctrl-x Ctrl-c (end emacs and in the course of that weirdly also the 1st mate-terminal-tab)
emacs -nw (start emacs again, this time explicitely, manually causing it to be invoked as a "real, usual" session, also capable of responding to stop signals like typing in Ctrl+z)

Do you have any idea how to fix that last 2 problems? That would be highly appreciated. ---- UPDATE - replies to the comment section - base posting after that: I really wanna do it the CLI way - reducing my GUI dependence as a user. So, you think I'd better head into the direction of utilizing rc.local as desired? Haven't tried that, yet, just had it on my TODO list as plan B, in case the crontab approach can't work - assumed so far, that it can work with crontab. Why can't it, if crontab has dedicated elements for my use case, like '@reboot', and the 'reboot cronjob date' test ballon did work?! Btw, did the system user attempt on recommendation of internet video 'Linux Crash Course - Scheduling Tasks with Cron' - https://yewtu.be/watch?v=7cbP7fzn0D8 . BASE POSTING: I know! It sounds so simple, but I just can't make it work - although I've tried so many things. You might think, 'duh, just add this line to your logged-in user, and that's it!'

@reboot mate-terminal

But it's not that simple. What am I doing wrong? Where's that last part to complete the puzzle? What I've tried and found out: 1st attempt: The GUI way

Trisquel-start-button in the left desktop corner at the bottom >
System >
Preferences >
Personal >
Startup Applications >
Tab 'Startup Programs' >
'add' >
Edit Startup Program
Name: Mate Terminal
Command: mate-terminal --full-screen --hide-menubar
Comment: Terminal >
Save >
Ensuring the activation box next to the new entry is checked

And you know what? It works. Kind of. Not very good:

System starts >
Gui with log-in window appears >
logging-in >
Desktop appears, with mate-terminal being right open >
screen blinks 2, 3 times with white screen >
mate-terminal is not the active window,
it's at the top of the desktop, covers everything by full-screen-mode,
but typing doesn't go into the terminal,
so, first I need to select mate-terminal by Alt+TAB,
making it the active window,
and only then what I'm typing goes into mate-terminal as input
and appears on the screen as output

That sub-optimal turn out made me dig deeper into the issue in the first place! 2nd attempt: Crontab This is a small compilation of my many attempts, aiming to clarify things, which are important for crontab to work as desired or showcasing the degree to which things actually work out pretty well Logged-in user

user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ whoami
user

sudo-membership

user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ cat /etc/group | grep sudo
sudo:x:27:user,automat

Availability of mate-terminal

user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ which mate-terminal
/usr/bin/mate-terminal

Executing mate-terminal - it works

user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ mate-terminal
(> new mate-terminal window popping up)

Availability of date - for comparism, we'll get to that

user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ which date
/bin/date

crontab of logged-in user 'user'

# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts
# at 5 a.m every week with:
# 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/
#
# For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8)
#
# m h  dom mon dow   command

# @reboot date >> /tmp/test-file-date-collection
# Before un-commenting:
# - (File not existing)
# After un-commenting: Works!
# user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ cat /tmp/test-file-date-collection
# Thu 23 Nov 08:54:30 CET 2023
# user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ who -b
#          system boot  2023-11-23 08:54
# Conclusion:
# The logged-in user 'user' is capable of setting up a working reboot cronjob,
# with just specifying command name - not explicitely [full path]/[command name]

# Failed - syslog
# user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ grep -C5 "mate-terminal" /var/log/syslog
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting Permit User Sessions...
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T cron: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting LSB: MD monitoring daemon...
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Started D-Bus System Message Bus.
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T dbus-daemon: Unknown username "whoopsie" in message bus configuration file
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T CRON: (user) CMD (mate-terminal)
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T dbus: [system] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is enabled
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: Successfully called chroot().
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
# Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
@reboot mate-terminal
(<<< newline character behind last line - both, of the whole crontab and of each active cronjob in it
That detail turned out to be important for crontab to work properly, and not on all systems that automatically gets added,
I had to input it manually)

And to make a long story short, which also can be deduced from the fact, that the test ballon 'reboot cronjob date' worked: Yes, cron.service on my system is enabled and activated (currently running, as always) I've also created a system user, gave it sudo priviledge and let it do the cronjob -

automat:x:1001:1001::/home/automat:/usr/sbin/nologin

in vein.

user@TechnoethicalX200T:~$ grep -C5 "mate-terminal" /var/log/syslog
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting Permit User Sessions...
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T cron: (CRON) INFO (Running @reboot jobs)
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting LSB: MD monitoring daemon...
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Started D-Bus System Message Bus.
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T dbus-daemon: Unknown username "whoopsie" in message bus configuration file
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T CRON: (user) CMD (mate-terminal)
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T dbus: [system] AppArmor D-Bus mediation is enabled
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: Successfully called chroot().
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
Nov 24 18:25:06 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
--
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Started inputattach for Wacom ISDv4-compatible serial devices.
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack...
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting LSB: daemon to balance interrupts for SMP systems...
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: Found user 'avahi' (UID 109) and group 'avahi' (GID 118).
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting Login Service...
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T CRON: (automat) CMD (mate-terminal)
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting Console System Startup Logging...
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: Successfully dropped root privileges.
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: avahi-daemon 0.6.32-rc starting up.
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T avahi-daemon: Successfully called chroot().
Nov 24 18:38:47 TechnoethicalX200T systemd: Starting LSB: Start the GNUstep distributed object mapper...

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