Why doesn't this .desktop file run on startup?

Question

I'm trying to get the sensors command to run in a console on startup on my Linux Mint 18.2 setup. I've put the following sensors.desktop file into my login user's .config/autostart directory:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Monitor sensors
Comment=Monitor temperature sensors
Exec=watch -d sensors
Icon=utilities-system-monitor
Terminal=true
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;System;Monitor;
NotShowIn=KDE;
NoDisplay=false
Hidden=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=0

I have another .desktop file in there that does run on startup, and this one runs if I double click it from the file explorer, so why does it not run on startup?

Answer 1

Solved the issue. Change the content of sensor.desktop to this

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Monitor sensors
Comment=Monitor temperature sensors
Exec=gnome-terminal -e 'watch -d sensors'
Icon=utilities-system-monitor
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Monitor;
NotShowIn=KDE;
NoDisplay=false
Hidden=false
X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=0

Make sure you have gnome-terminal already installed. If you use some other terminal than replace it accordingly.