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weeniewhite

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From: Saint-Nicolas, Quebec

Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 37

Icewm startup executable not running

I'm using Arch linux 0.7.1 Noodle and I just installed Icewm 1.2.23 with pacman.

The window manager works well but the startup executable doesn't run at startup. I can start it manually by writing './startup' in a terminal. The executable does it's work : it starts 'rox -pinboard', 'aumix -L', 'gnome-settings-daemon'.

I tried to fix it by updating to icewm 1.2.30 but it still doesn't work. Thanx for helping 

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[weeniewhite@myhost ~]$ sudo make bagel
make: *** No rule to make target `bagel'.  Stop.

FUBAR

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-12-08

Posts: 1,029

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Re: Icewm startup executable not running

http://www.icewm.org/manual/icewm-3.html#ss3.3 maybe?

If you're still running 0.7.1 it maybe time to pacman -Syu. We're at 0.8 already!

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A train station is where a train stops.
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limpio

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Registered: 2005-12-31

Posts: 52

Re: Icewm startup executable not running

Have you put it in your .xinitrc? This is what i got in mine:

#!/bin/sh

numlockx &
icewm

It works fine every time.

weeniewhite

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From: Saint-Nicolas, Quebec

Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 37

Re: Icewm startup executable not running

I modified .xinitrc but it doesn't work.

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[weeniewhite@myhost ~]$ sudo make bagel
make: *** No rule to make target `bagel'.  Stop.

jemann.chen

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From: taiwan

Registered: 2003-06-06

Posts: 34

Re: Icewm startup executable not running

Try:
~/.icewm/startup

Example:
#!/bin/bash
numlockx
opera

Remember chmod u+x ~/.icewm/startup
It works for me.

weeniewhite

Member

From: Saint-Nicolas, Quebec

Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 37

Re: Icewm startup executable not running

I tried but it doesn't work.

Is that so important to have numlock on when starting X?

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[weeniewhite@myhost ~]$ sudo make bagel
make: *** No rule to make target `bagel'.  Stop.

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Icewm startup executable not running

Are you aware that .xinitrc is for use with the startx command? If you are, OK, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

weeniewhite

Member

From: Saint-Nicolas, Quebec

Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 37

Re: Icewm startup executable not running

Sure I am.

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[weeniewhite@myhost ~]$ sudo make bagel
make: *** No rule to make target `bagel'.  Stop.

weeniewhite

Member

From: Saint-Nicolas, Quebec

Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 37

Re: Icewm startup executable not running

I fixed it by writing in .xinitrc to start the icewm executable before icewm.

.xinitrc looks like this now :

#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

# exec wmaker
# exec startkde
numlockx on &
/home/weeniewhite/.icewm/startup &
icewm
# exec blackbox
# exec fluxbox

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[weeniewhite@myhost ~]$ sudo make bagel
make: *** No rule to make target `bagel'.  Stop.

weeniewhite

Member

From: Saint-Nicolas, Quebec

Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 37

Re: Icewm startup executable not running

Okay, I've found the right way to start icewm.

I had to write : "icewm-session" in .xinitrc. This way, I don't need to write "/home/weeniewhite/.icewm/startup".

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[weeniewhite@myhost ~]$ sudo make bagel
make: *** No rule to make target `bagel'.  Stop.