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vertimyst

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From: Canada

Registered: 2008-05-28

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[Solved] How to start conky, pypanel, xcompmgr, feh restores wallpaper

Hi,

I'm running Arch with Openbox.   I'm trying to get conky, pypanel, and xcompmgr to start on bootup/when I start x, as well as have feh restore my wallpaper.

I'm using slim as my login manager.   I managed to get conky and xcompmgr to start, and feh to restore my wallpaper, but pypanel isn't starting anymore, and just recently I have to log in via the terminal as slim doesn't seem to be starting anymore either.

Here is my ~/.xinitrc:

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
xcompmgr -c &
pypanel &
conky & 
sh ~/.fehbg &
exec openbox-session
# exec xterm
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice

Any suggestions?   I'm new to Openbox and all these other apps, so I'm not 100% what I'm doing - I'm used to using KDE in Arch.

Last edited by vertimyst (2009-02-25 20:38:12)

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dannytatom

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From: Seattle, WA

Registered: 2009-02-02

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Re: [Solved] How to start conky, pypanel, xcompmgr, feh restores wallpaper

Why not use openbox's autostart.sh?

Mine: ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

# Restore wallpaper
nitrogen --restore &

# Start Panel
(sleep 2s && pypanel) &

Last edited by dannytatom (2009-02-25 20:19:47)

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vertimyst

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From: Canada

Registered: 2008-05-28

Posts: 71

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Re: [Solved] How to start conky, pypanel, xcompmgr, feh restores wallpaper

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that.

Everything's starting fine now.

Thanks again!

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