---
name: "chkboot-desktopalert"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "chkboot"
version: "1.3-8.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chkboot-desktopalert"
---

# chkboot-desktopalert(8)

notify changes detected in your boot files

## NAME

chkboot-desktopalert - notify changes detected in your boot files

## SYNOPSIS

**chkboot-desktopalert**

## DESCRIPTION

Display a notification with a detailed diff of added, changes and removed files, detected by **chkboot**.

It will also display a notification when the MBR has been modified.

**You will need to add this program to your desktop environment's autostart.**

## SEE ALSO

- •

  **man chkboot** and **man chkboot-check**

## AUTHOR

Ju \<ju@heisec.de\>, Giancarlo Razzolini \<grazzolini@gmail.com\>, Chris Warner \<inhies@gmail.com\> and Kevin MacMartin \<prurigro@gmail.com\>

## COPYRIGHT

GPL-2