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Myphis

Member

Registered: 2023-07-22

Posts: 61

.xinitrc doen't work

Hello, guys, I run an issue with .xinitrc file.

I installed bspwm and it works, but all lines before

exec

don't.
Here my .xinitrc

#!/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
polybar &
echo "it works" >> test.txt &
picom &
/path/to/user/.fehbg &
exec bspwm

even

echo 

doesn't work!

Some guess?
Tank you

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,205

Re: .xinitrc doen't work

Because you  put them in the wrong file or backgrounded them by adding & .

fehbg does need to be backgrounded and in .xinitrc to work
echo should NOT be backgrounded

polybar should be started by bspwm, not before it. see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bspwm#Using_polybar
No idea about picom, sorry.

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Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,729

Re: .xinitrc doen't work

What command are you running?

Myphis

Member

Registered: 2023-07-22

Posts: 61

Re: .xinitrc doen't work

Because you  put them in the wrong file or backgrounded them by adding & .

fehbg does need to be backgrounded and in .xinitrc to work
echo should NOT be backgrounded

polybar should be started by bspwm, not before it. see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Bspwm#Using_polybar
No idea about picom, sorry.

I dont thinck that backgrounding changes the way how ECHO works!

OK, with polybar it's clear, I changed it and it works well.

Thanks

Myphis

Member

Registered: 2023-07-22

Posts: 61

Re: .xinitrc doen't work

What command are you running?

Nothing more, I saved .xinitrc and logout to create a new session... But feh doesn't work

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,484

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Re: .xinitrc doen't work

There's something more.  Your ~/.xinitrc doesn't just source itself.  Are you running startx or xinitr or something esle to start your graphical session?

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Myphis

Member

Registered: 2023-07-22

Posts: 61

Re: .xinitrc doen't work

There's something more.  Your ~/.xinitrc doesn't just source itself.  Are you running startx or xinitr or something esle to start your graphical session?

Ah, this is what, yeah, I run startx

seth

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From: Won't reply 2 private help req

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 76,696

Re: .xinitrc doen't work

even echo doesn't work!

Since you're passing a relative path, where did you look?
Try

echo snafu > /tmp/snafu.txt

/path/to/user/.fehbg &

Is that nonsense literally in your xinitc?
If no, don't post redacted stuff, you're redacting pot. issues.

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Trilby

Inspector Parrot

Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 30,484

Website

Re: .xinitrc doen't work

Ah, this is what, yeah, I run startx

Then the stderr from that command would be useful:

startx 2>~/startx.errlog

Last edited by Trilby (2023-07-27 15:31:55)

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