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AlexS

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2009-05-16

Posts: 114

[solved] openbox is not reading .config/openbox/autostart.sh

Following the wiki instructions, I created an ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
(which I rendered executable, in case that was the problem): containing the following:

#!/bin/sh
.HOME/.fehbg &
thunar -daemon &
.HOME/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd &

also, my ~/.xinitrc

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

# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session openbox-session
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
exec openbox-session

Despite all this, when I launch startx openbox ignores autostart.sh

What has escaped me?

Last edited by AlexS (2010-01-05 21:05:46)

NeOnsKuLL

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From: Havana, Cuba

Registered: 2005-03-29

Posts: 117

Re: [solved] openbox is not reading .config/openbox/autostart.sh

OK, I don't think this is the problem, but, why are you launch openbox-session twice?

I think you should put just this two statements (in this order), in your .xinitrc

export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session openbox-session

See you

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AlexS

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2009-05-16

Posts: 114

Re: [solved] openbox is not reading .config/openbox/autostart.sh

OK, I don't think this is the problem, but, why are you launch openbox-session twice?

I guess it kind of happened as I was doing the installation.:rolleyes: I modified .xinitrc as you suggested, but as you expected it did not improve the situation.

Cheers

JuseBox

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Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 260

Re: [solved] openbox is not reading .config/openbox/autostart.sh

Also Shouldn't the thunar daemon be ran as :

thunar --daemon

When openbox session is ran it looks for ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh so as long as that is there I would just make sure the commands are correct.

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azleifel

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Registered: 2007-10-28

Posts: 486

Re: [solved] openbox is not reading .config/openbox/autostart.sh

You'll probably find that you still need the ampersand at the end of the thunar line

thunar --daemon &

As to the other two, do the files /home/<username>/.HOME/.fehbg and /home/<username>/.HOME/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd exist or did you mean to use $HOME/.fehbg and $HOME/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd?

AlexS

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2009-05-16

Posts: 114

Re: [solved] openbox is not reading .config/openbox/autostart.sh

Finally it worked!

I modified the autostart.sh as suggested

$HOME/.fehbg &
thunar --daemon &
tint2 &
$HOME/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd &

I also had to do the following

chmod +x ~/.fehbg

to make the background work.

Thanks for the help