From 7b6c2e6da8735b6472dbb051c9f0a513704067b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nico Alt <nicoalt@posteo.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:40:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add FAQ entry about autostart

Related to https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-gtk/-/issues/66
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 README.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fdf5341..abaa016 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -188,6 +188,21 @@ updated. The former can be done with
 
 ## FAQ
 
+### How can I let Briar start automatically at system boot?
+
+Until [#66](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-gtk/-/issues/66) is resolved, you can manually
+tell your desktop environment to start Briar by creating the following file:
+
+_.config/autostart/briar-gtk.desktop_
+```
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=briar-gtk
+Exec=/usr/bin/briar-gtk
+```
+
+If you're using Flatpak, you need to change `Exec` to `/usr/bin/flatpak run app.briar.gtk`.
+
 ### How can I run this on the Librem 5?
 
 Whether you own a Librem 5 or
@@ -200,10 +215,10 @@ Before you start, you have to install some dependencies:
 sudo apt install flatpak-builder elfutils
 ```
 
-You can then simply
-[follow the instructions from above](#developers).
-Note that you currently don't get beyond the setup screen
-because Briar Headless only works on x86 platforms so far.
+You can then [follow the instructions from above](#developers).
+Note that you need to modify everything a little bit to work on the Librem's arm platform
+(not needed for the emulator):
+[#49](https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-gtk/-/issues/49).
 
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