Startup script shows on Desktop

PaulFXH · 08-17-2007, 10:50 AM

To get Compiz-Fusion to launch in OpenSUSE 10.2 when the machine is booted, I use a very simple script (just consisting of the term "fusion-icon") in ~/.kde/Autostart. (I'm using KDE in OpenSUSE 10.2)
Now while the script does what it's supposed to do, its text file (in KWrite) appears and stays on the Desktop.
What can I do to get this script to do its job WITHOUT showing up on the Desktop?
Thanks
Paul

stress_junkie · 08-17-2007, 06:37 PM

The file name in Autostart probably has an extension that tells KDE to associate that file with KWrite. Try removing the file name extension.

PaulFXH · 08-18-2007, 04:10 AM

Thanks.
My startup script is called ,appropriately I think, "start.script" so the extension is ".script".
OK, so I renamed it to just "start" but its behaviour remained exactly the same i.e. compiz-fusion starts perfectly on boot but the start script still shows up in a KWrite window.
Note that my script was created in KWrite and consists solely of the term "fusion-icon".
It would be interesting to know if anybody else has, or has not, got this problem and how their startup scripts (in ~/.kde/Autostart/) look, what editors were used to create the scripts etc.
Thanks
Paul

stress_junkie · 08-18-2007, 05:30 AM

Since you only have one line in your script you could replace the script with a link. My system doesn't have the compiz-fusion file so I don't know where it is located but if it were located in /usr/X11R6 then you could do this.

Code:

cd ~/.kde/Autostart
rm start
ln -s /usr/X11R6/compiz-fusion compiz-fusion

PaulFXH · 08-18-2007, 08:40 AM

Well, that's a lot better.
I tried the link and the KWrite window no longer appears on the Desktop.
Just one thing, though. Now TWO (2) icons for Compiz-Fusion appear in the tray like I have it running twice. Why two?
BTW, the link I used was

Code:

ln -s /usr/bin/fusion-icon fusion-icon

while in the ~/.kde/Autostart/ directory
Thanks a lot for this tip
Paul