Xbindkeys works when manually activated but not automatic from startup

EmmAG · 2015-11-25 01:30:32

Hi,
I'm using Arch with openbox as a standalone DE and am trying to get Xbindkeys to be started with X on booting. I added

xbindkeys

directly above

exec openbox-session

in

~/.xinitrc

as the wiki suggested.

The only way I can actually get xbindkeys working though is by starting it from terminal after logging in.

jasonwryan · 2015-11-25 01:33:57

Does it work using the Openbox autostart file: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox#autostart

Trilby · 2015-11-25 01:35:39

Can you post your full ~/.xinitrc?

How do you start X (with startx, xinit, or a display manager)?

Can you put some other command right before the exec line, like a terminal emulator to see if it starts?

EmmAG · 2015-11-26 20:50:43

jasonwryan wrote:

Does it work using the Openbox autostart file: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox#autostart

No, unfortunately, that doesn't work either

Trilby wrote:

Can you post your full ~/.xinitrc?
How do you start X (with startx, xinit, or a display manager)?
Can you put some other command right before the exec line, like a terminal emulator to see if it starts?

Sure, I currently start X with LightDM

#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then







    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then







    xrdb -merge "$userresources"

fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

# start some nice programs

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
 for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
  [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
 done
 unset f
fi

# twm &
# xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
# xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
# xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
# exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

exec urxvt xbindkeys
exec openbox-session

jasonwryan · 2015-11-26 21:13:04

Only one exec line is read in .xinitrc and you don't launch xbindkeys with urxvt, AFAIAA...

fmscott1 · 2015-11-26 22:04:59

xbindkeys & or

# Autostart xbindkeys
(sleep 10s && xbindkeys) &

Last edited by fmscott1 (2015-11-26 22:10:22)

Trilby · 2015-11-26 22:53:22

LightDM doesn't use xinitrc, so you could put whatever you want in there - it will not be used.

LightDM uses xprofile.

EmmAG · 2015-11-28 02:19:51

Trilby wrote:

LightDM doesn't use xinitrc, so you could put whatever you want in there - it will not be used.
LightDM uses xprofile.

This did it! I also used the correct command provided by fmscott1, to get the xprofile file working. Here's my /etc/lightdm/Xsession for anyone in a very similar situation:

#!/bin/sh
#
# LightDM wrapper to run around X sessions.

echo "Running X session wrapper"

# Load profile
for file in "/etc/profile" "$HOME/.profile" "/etc/xprofile" "$HOME/.xprofile"; do
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        echo "Loading profile from $file";
        . "$file"
    fi
done

# Load resources
for file in "/etc/X11/Xresources" "$HOME/.Xresources"; do
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        echo "Loading resource: $file"
        xrdb -merge "$file"
    fi
done

# Load keymaps
for file in "/etc/X11/Xkbmap" "$HOME/.Xkbmap"; do
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        echo "Loading keymap: $file"
        setxkbmap `cat "$file"`
        XKB_IN_USE=yes
    fi
done

# Load xmodmap if not using XKB
if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" ]; then
    for file in "/etc/X11/Xmodmap" "$HOME/.Xmodmap"; do
        if [ -f "$file" ]; then
           echo "Loading modmap: $file"
           xmodmap "$file"
        fi
    done
fi

unset XKB_IN_USE

# Run all system xinitrc shell scripts
xinitdir="/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d"
if [ -d "$xinitdir" ]; then
    for script in $xinitdir/*; do
        echo "Loading xinit script $script"
        if [ -x "$script" -a ! -d "$script" ]; then
            . "$script"
        fi
    done
fi

# Run user xsession shell script
script="$HOME/.xsession"
if [ -x "$script" -a ! -d "$script" ]; then
    echo "Loading xsession script $script"
    . "$script"
fi

echo "X session wrapper complete, running session $@"

exec xbindkeys & or 
# autostart xbindkeys
(sleep 10s && xbindkeys) &
$@

Thank you all for your help!

fmscott1 · 2015-11-28 04:31:59

EmmAG wrote:

Trilby wrote:

LightDM doesn't use xinitrc, so you could put whatever you want in there - it will not be used.
LightDM uses xprofile.

This did it! I also used the correct command provided by fmscott1, to get the xprofile file working. Here's my /etc/lightdm/Xsession for anyone in a very similar situation:

#!/bin/sh
#
# LightDM wrapper to run around X sessions.

echo "Running X session wrapper"

# Load profile
for file in "/etc/profile" "$HOME/.profile" "/etc/xprofile" "$HOME/.xprofile"; do
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        echo "Loading profile from $file";
        . "$file"
    fi
done

# Load resources
for file in "/etc/X11/Xresources" "$HOME/.Xresources"; do
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        echo "Loading resource: $file"
        xrdb -merge "$file"
    fi
done

# Load keymaps
for file in "/etc/X11/Xkbmap" "$HOME/.Xkbmap"; do
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
        echo "Loading keymap: $file"
        setxkbmap `cat "$file"`
        XKB_IN_USE=yes
    fi
done

# Load xmodmap if not using XKB
if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" ]; then
    for file in "/etc/X11/Xmodmap" "$HOME/.Xmodmap"; do
        if [ -f "$file" ]; then
           echo "Loading modmap: $file"
           xmodmap "$file"
        fi
    done
fi

unset XKB_IN_USE

# Run all system xinitrc shell scripts
xinitdir="/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d"
if [ -d "$xinitdir" ]; then
    for script in $xinitdir/*; do
        echo "Loading xinit script $script"
        if [ -x "$script" -a ! -d "$script" ]; then
            . "$script"
        fi
    done
fi

# Run user xsession shell script
script="$HOME/.xsession"
if [ -x "$script" -a ! -d "$script" ]; then
    echo "Loading xsession script $script"
    . "$script"
fi

echo "X session wrapper complete, running session $@"

exec xbindkeys & or 
# autostart xbindkeys
(sleep 10s && xbindkeys) &
$@

Thank you all for your help!

exec xbindkeys & is all you need. The other option would work if you needed that program to wait before starting. You can delete or comment that out.

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Xbindkeys works when manually activated but not automatic from startup

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