Stopping xfce panel autostarting in xfce session...

Izobalax · 2008-07-08 15:07:53

OK, I've looked OVER ALL THE INTERWEBZ for this one and I've found nothing, not even in this forum, unless I'm doing it wrong.

I prefer to use pypanel over the xfce4-panel. I have pypanel autostarting when I log into my xfce session. Problem is is that the xfce4-panel also autostarts, and I don't want it to. The xfce4-panel doesn't appear in my "Autostarted Applications" list neither.

How do I resolve this?

/izo\

kclive18 · 2008-07-08 15:38:49

Try removing all the panels in the XFCE Panel Manager so that only pypanel will show up.

Origynet · 2008-07-08 16:09:29

One (very) ugly way to do it would be to "pkill xfce4-panel" at startup and then "exec pypanel" afterwards...

(By the way glad to see you on Arch, Izo )

fwojciec · 2008-07-08 17:24:51

Is removing all panels and then saving session while exiting xfce not working?

Izobalax · 2008-07-09 15:28:51

kclive18 wrote:

Try removing all the panels in the XFCE Panel Manager so that only pypanel will show up.

Hi! When the xfce panel is running, I open up the panel manager, try to remove teh panel and get "You can't remove the last panel. Quit program?" So I do. But still the panel still boots on startup.

Origynet wrote:

One (very) ugly way to do it would be to "pkill xfce4-panel" at startup and then "exec pypanel" afterwards...
(By the way glad to see you on Arch, Izo )

Ah, never thought of that one. Cheers, will give it a whirl.

Also, thanks for the welcome! Are you "pimpmoth"?

fwojciec wrote:

Is removing all panels and then saving session while exiting xfce not working?

I'm afraid not.

/izo\

synorgy · 2008-07-09 15:57:59

IIRC xfce-session is simply a bash script that calls all of the parts of Xfce and starts them. You could copy and rename that script and modify it not to launch xfce4-panel (and you could probably insert pypanel in it's place). Just make sure you place it in your PATH and that it's named something different (xfce-mod-session or something similar)

OR you could just use your .xinitrc to launch all of the parts individually ala:

exec xfce-mcs-manager &
xfdesktop &
xfwm4 &
pypanel & 
conky &
xbindkeys

The above should work, but you'd have to add all of your autostarted programs to the .xinitrc. Hope this helps, Izo!

Izobalax · 2008-07-09 16:56:24

synorgy wrote:

IIRC xfce-session is simply a bash script that calls all of the parts of Xfce and starts them. You could copy and rename that script and modify it not to launch xfce4-panel (and you could probably insert pypanel in it's place). Just make sure you place it in your PATH and that it's named something different (xfce-mod-session or something similar)
OR you could just use your .xinitrc to launch all of the parts individually ala:
exec xfce-mcs-manager &
xfdesktop &
xfwm4 &
pypanel & 
conky &
xbindkeys
The above should work, but you'd have to add all of your autostarted programs to the .xinitrc. Hope this helps, Izo!

Where can I locate the xfce-session script?

/izo\

Izobalax · 2008-07-13 13:27:35

Solved. I used Origynet's solution in the end.

Many thanks all!

/izo\

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#1 2008-07-08 15:07:53

Stopping xfce panel autostarting in xfce session...

#2 2008-07-08 15:38:49

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#4 2008-07-08 17:24:51

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#5 2008-07-09 15:28:51

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