features missing in desktop env when launched from crontab

[DoubleHP]

Hello.

When starting E17 from user console, it works fine.

When I start it from crontab

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@reboot        dhp     /srv/local/bin/startx.user.sh

then, most "system" menu is in light grey (disabled): suspend / hybernate / reboot / poweroff.

Lock and logout remain of course accessible.

Why are these features disable with this launch method, and how can I enable them ? missing group ? missing env var ? missing PATH ? process starting before some required service is available ?

[DoubleHP]

Different issue, probably related to very similar root cause: same user, same host, logged in via two different methods, end up with different environment, and even different mount points:

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$ tty
/dev/pts/10
$ env | grep DBUS
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-naLw4szB85,guid=2b3e78d7e243192c38ac24b362652591
$ df -h | tail -n 4
df: /run/user/1000/doc: Operation not permitted
/dev/sdc1                   15G  5.8G  9.1G  40% /mnt/MP3_camion
tmpfs                      1.6G   16K  1.6G   1% /run/user/1000
GoogleDriveBenoitDemaine:   30G   19G   12G  63% /home/dhp/GoogleDriveBenoitDemaine
/dev/sda1                   69G   14G   56G  20% /mnt/Ventoy

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$ tty
/dev/pts/11
$ env | grep DBUS
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
$ df -h | tail -n 4
/dev/sdc1                   15G  5.8G  9.1G  40% /mnt/MP3_camion
/dev/sda1                   69G   14G   56G  20% /mnt/Ventoy
/dev/sdb1                  115G   90M  115G   1% /media/DHP_128G_-_sdb1
/dev/sdd1                   58G   88M   58G   1% /media/DHP_pat_64G_-_sdd1

tty10 sees GoogleDrive but not /media, while tty11 sees /media but not GoogleDrive.

GoogleDrive is mounted using rclone at boot; /media were mounted on usb stick insertion hours after boot by some (root) scripts.

Of course, I want my user to have access to everything from all consoles; and I see a common point with the previous issue: the way I log in alters the ressources I al allowed to access.