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hey guys. I'm using openbox...every time I login I have to manually run 'gnome-settings-daemon' to get it to work. For some reason having it in autostart.sh doesn't seem to work...any ideas?
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You have it set to start gnome-settings-daemon after openbox starts? If not, it's worth a shot.
(sleep 3 && gnome-settings-daemon) &
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(What redroar said.)
Sometimes you have to play around with what gets autostarted, like where to place it in the autostart.sh and stuff.
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I can have it sleep 10 and it won't work...here's my autostart... http://pastebin.com/m1cd204bf
any ideas?
Last edited by Stythys (2008-06-09 21:08:54)
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Full path? Running with 'dbus-launch gnome-settings-daemon'?
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that did the trick! thanks
think I should add dbus-launch to the gnome-power-manager and gnome-volume-manager?
Last edited by Stythys (2008-06-09 21:42:01)
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Well, if they run ok, then it's not necessary (if it ain't broke, don't fix it
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I have the exactly opposite problem. How can I NOT have the gnome-settings-daemon (as well as the gnome-screensaver) starting. It's being started despite the fact that it is not specified in my autostart.sh.
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Do you have ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh file at all? If not openbox will use /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh I think.
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Of course I do! (pfffffffffffffffffffffft )
But yeah. THIS seems to be the issue.
Here is my individual autostart.sh:
# Run system-wide support
. $GLOBALAUTOSTART
# Programs launched at startup
# Programs executed after startup
#(sleep 2 && pypanel) &
(sleep 1 && tpb) &
(sleep 2 && nitrogen --restore) &
(sleep 3 && conky) &
(sleep 4 && trayer --align right --widthtype request --height 26 --transparent true --alpha 240) &
(sleep 5 && tint) &
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I guess the .$GLOBALAUTOSTART variable causes everything else to be loaded.
That's why I am getting those funky messages about start_kdeinit and stuff.
Am I free to comment those lines in /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh?
EDIT: Commenting out the lines in /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh that were referring to gnome stuff (and for the sake of it those reffering to xfce and kde as well...) actually fixed it.
Thank you Obi-Lan!
Is it actually crucial to have that .$GLOBALAUTOSTART variable set in the invidiual autostart.sh?
Last edited by Stalafin (2008-06-19 14:15:10)
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Nah I don't think its really necessary. I noticed that openbox loads its configs from /etc/xdg/openbox if you don't have openbox dir in your ~/.config
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No its not neccessary, it just runs /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh - so if you dont want that to run dont have it in your ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh, I don't.
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I had the latter question myself this week; good timing.
Along the subject, what exactly does gnome-settings-daemon do when run in just Openbox? All I've noticed is that fonts seem bigger/prettier when it runs, but surely we don't need a daemon for that.
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Well, there are a couple of things I saw it doing:
1) Fonts - as you mentioned
2) Icons - it sets your icons and overwrites any settings in .gtkrc.mine
3) Theme - Same thing as for the icons; it overwrites any settings configured with, say, gtk-chthemer or manually
4) Gnome-Screensaver - I am not too sure about this, but I believe the Gnome-Screensaver program is also started, overruling Xscreensaver; this also comes with a diplay-lock after you are idling for some time.
Basically it provides an easy way to set GNOME-related options; but as you can do that by hand it just breaks down to be yet another performance hogger.
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4) Gnome-Screensaver - I am not too sure about this, but I believe the Gnome-Screensaver program is also started, overruling Xscreensaver; this also comes with a diplay-lock after you are idling for some time.
Yep, it manages gnome-screensaver as you said, replacing xscreensaver and the screen lock functions.
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I run gnome-settings-daemon in OB right now and see nothing of gnome-screensaver, are you guys sure about that?
I didn't notice the icons since my .gtkrc has the same icon set.
How can the fonts be set, inside .gtkrc I presume? How can I figure out what font Gnome is set to use so that I can set it manually? Fonts are the only thing from that list that gnome-settings-manager can benefit me.
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