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DarioP

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From: Geneva

Registered: 2011-01-05

Posts: 165

[solved] Openbox and Gnome3 conflict issues

Dear all,

I'm an happy Openbox user but I wanted to try Gnome3 so I installed it on the side of Openbox without getting GDM but using SLiM as login manager.

Gnome seems to be very intrusive: now, when I start an Openbox session, I get the Gnome's wallpaper, font and gtk theme.

I use to start openbox with the line:

exec ck-launch-session openbox-session

in my ~/.xinitrc

Any suggestion to give to Openbox and to Gnome3 an happy life in common??

Thanks

Last edited by DarioP (2011-04-24 10:00:43)

DarioP

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From: Geneva

Registered: 2011-01-05

Posts: 165

Re: [solved] Openbox and Gnome3 conflict issues

The problem seems to be related with the process: gnome-settings-daemon
If I kill it, my Openbox gets its common behaviour...

The following is my process tree:

    1  3116  3116  3116 tty1      3116 Ss+      0   0:00 /bin/login --      
 3116  3562  3116  3116 tty1      3116 S+    1000   0:00  \_ /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx
 3562  3588  3116  3116 tty1      3116 S+    1000   0:00      \_ xinit /home/dario/.xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.uoX4ppJrTN
 3588  3589  3589  3589 tty7      3589 S<s+     0   0:55          \_ /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.uoX4ppJrTN
 3588  3615  3615  3116 tty1      3116 S     1000   0:00          \_ sh /home/dario/.xinitrc
 3615  3652  3615  3116 tty1      3116 S     1000   0:00              \_ ck-launch-session dbus-launch openbox-session
 3652  3661  3615  3116 tty1      3116 S     1000   0:01                  \_ /usr/bin/openbox
 3661  3673  3615  3116 tty1      3116 Sl    1000   0:01                      \_ gnome-settings-daemon

Now the questions are: why /usr/bin/openbox starts that process and how can I prevent it to start?

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Re: [solved] Openbox and Gnome3 conflict issues

nuke /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop

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DarioP

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From: Geneva

Registered: 2011-01-05

Posts: 165

Re: [solved] Openbox and Gnome3 conflict issues

nuke /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-settings-daemon.desktop

I don't have the command nuke and I haven't manage to find it.. Is it an alias for rm -rf ?

However I tried to move that file to the home: the process still starts launching openbox session and gnome session doesn't starts anymore

Last edited by DarioP (2011-04-23 17:47:46)

foxmike

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Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: [solved] Openbox and Gnome3 conflict issues

Check your .config/openbox/autostart.sh, this file starts gnome-settings-daemon and a bunch of other things.  Just edit it and remove what you don't want to autostart.  So before to accuse Gnome of being intrusive, check if it has not been invited to the fiesta by openbox

DarioP

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From: Geneva

Registered: 2011-01-05

Posts: 165

Re: [solved] Openbox and Gnome3 conflict issues

Check your .config/openbox/autostart.sh, this file starts gnome-settings-daemon and a bunch of other things.  Just edit it and remove what you don't want to autostart.

Thanks, I realized this yesterday night!

So before to accuse Gnome of being intrusive, check if it has not been invited to the fiesta by openbox

That's so true!! My fault