In Gnome 3 it doesn't seem to be that easy yet. Here's a workaround though. Note that this should work for any application, but I can't try it with rtorrent
. Just report back if you have problems.
Let's find out the path of rtorrent
first. Open up a terminal and enter:
which rtorrent
Remember this path. Then, try the following:
mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart
cd !$
gedit rtorrent.desktop &
Gedit should open and let you edit this file. In this file, enter the following:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/path/to/rtorrent
Hidden=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
Name[en_US]=rtorrent
Name=rtorrent
Where it says /path/to/rtorrent
, enter the path you've found out before. Then, save the file and close Gedit and the terminal. Now you need to restart Gnome and the application should start with your desktop session.