Running programs during startx

jISV · 04-13-2002, 05:05 PM

Can someone tell me how I'm supposed to start programs when I'm starting X.
I run .xinitrc with exec fluxbox.
I want to start gkrellm and maybe a console immediately, but I don't know how it's done.
Thanks.

DavidPhillips · 04-13-2002, 05:08 PM

just add the command to xinitrc

exec fluxbox &
xclock -geometry 100x100-5+5 &
xterm -geometry 80x50-50+150 &
/path/gkrelm &

acid_kewpie · 04-13-2002, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DavidPhillips
just add the command to xinitrc

exec fluxbox
xclock -geometry 100x100-5+5 &
xterm -geometry 80x50-50+150 &

well no, the window manager line is always the very last file, this way will load the xterms after you've quit X...

jISV · 04-13-2002, 05:11 PM

well I put
exec gkrellm
exec fluxbox

and it only loads gkrellm and doesn't get to load fluxbox

DavidPhillips · 04-13-2002, 05:12 PM

yes I left off the &

I have added it above

DavidPhillips · 04-13-2002, 05:13 PM

without adding & at the end the next command will not exec till you close the first one

jISV · 04-13-2002, 05:19 PM

So using & to run in the background applies to all scripts? I've seen it as required use at times and not at others. Will it depend on the application calling it do you think?

DavidPhillips · 04-13-2002, 05:20 PM

gkrellm &

exec fluxbox

DavidPhillips · 04-13-2002, 05:22 PM

if you make a script to run something and it has no & to put it in the background the script will be at that point until that command ends then it will continue

daemons automatically go to the background

try running it on the command line, if it does not return to a prompt without closing the program then it would need to be background in the script

DavidPhillips · 04-13-2002, 05:26 PM

some scripts are setup so when a program crashes it will restart it by leaving it in the forground