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codeRage

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Registered: 2011-02-20

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openbox vs. openbox-session

What's the difference between the two?
Should I be using openbox-session in my .xinitrc?

jtkiv

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Registered: 2011-02-07

Posts: 37

Re: openbox vs. openbox-session

from wiki

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox

Openbox supports running programs at startup. This is provided by command openbox-session.

Enabling autostart
There are two ways to enable autostart:
When using startx or xinit to begin a session, edit ~/.xinitrc. Change the line that executes openbox to openbox-session.
When using GDM or KDM, selecting an Openbox session automatically runs the autostart script.

suppose "openbox" doesn't start programs in autostart.sh?

Last edited by jtkiv (2011-03-05 20:56:10)

tomk

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Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: openbox vs. openbox-session

openbox-session is a shell script - just read through it, it's straightforward.

codeRage

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Re: openbox vs. openbox-session

Yeh, you're right I just thought there was more to it than running the startup scripts and calling openbox