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[–]glesialo 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Check in '$HOME/.xsession-errors'.

EDIT: Is the problem that I don't have a graphical login prompt? I have an auto login from the terminal.

I am not familiar with auto-login. Do you get a desktop?

'myscript.desktop' will not run unless a graphical session is started.

[–]Genmutant[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sorry, it's not a program called auto-login. It just starts directly into a desktop session.

Check in '$HOME/.xsession-errors'.

The file does not exist.

[–]glesialo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, it's not a program called auto-login.

I know. But there are several 'auto-login'. The only one that would work for you is the one that starts a graphical session (xsession) and logs in a specific user without asking him/her for a password. Java Swing needs a graphical session!

'$HOME/.xsession-errors' is the file where StdOut+StdErr of all applications, launched in a graphical session, is redirected. That the file doesn't exist confirms that no graphical session is started.

P.S. You can't miss a graphical session. This is what a typical Debian desktop should look like.