.xinitrc fluxbox question
 

I want to make gkrellm start in the fluxbox slit on startup, everywhere i've read it says you add the app names to your ~/.xinitrc. Only problem is that my user account has no .xinitrc. I coppied the one from the root account , but it was for windowmaker, so i changed the last line to say fluxbox instead and added gkrellm -w to the line above.

#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/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

# If the user lacks $HOME/GNUstep, install it:
if [ ! -f $HOME/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker ]; then
wmaker.inst
fi

# Test for cpp, which wmaker uses to process config files:
if [ ! -x /usr/bin/cpp ]; then
NOCPP="--no-cpp"
fi

gkrellm -w

# Start the window manager:
exec fluxbox

I have no idea what i'm doing as i've only ever run just plane gnome before. So please be gentle.

i changed my /etc/X11/XSession to load all progs before calling fluxbox
this assuming you use gdm, if you use another graphical login the process should be similar

jesus...just create file .xinitrc in your home dir with one line ( well, two ).

#!/bin/sh
exec fluxbox

save it and make it executable

oh..... right on. Thanks both of you.

You did fine doing what you did...nothing wrong with that.

Another option, if you're running Fluxbox 0.9.6, is to use the ~/.fluxbox/apps file. In this you can specify programs to start only in fluxbox, but not in other window managers.

-jesus...just create file .xinitrc in your home dir with one line ( well, two ).
-
-#!/bin/sh
-exec fluxbox
-
-save it and make it executable

I read this thread with great interest since I also want to startup some apps while using fluxbox. However, whatever suggestion I follow, nothing seems to happen. Is there a way to check whether my .xsession is actually accessed?

And another thing: to test it, do I have to reboot, or is log off/on enough?

Thanks, Leon.

i figured it out LJSBrokken! just create the file /home/youruser/.fluxbox/apps and add whatever programs you want. I run gkrellm and fbdesk at startup so i just use this

[startup] {gkrellm -w}
[startup] {fbdesk}

just change it to programs you want.

Abe I thought you relieved me from this annoying thing, but also this doesn't work for me. I must be doing something completely wrong?!
I wish I could give more details but I have no clue which. I have tried adding the startup progs to .xinitrc, .xsession, and now this apps file.

About apps: doesn't fluxbox have to know somehow that it should look in that file? I added the line session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps to the ~/.fluxbox/init file, but no luck with that either.

Anyone, anything?

apps is a new addition....if you're using Fluxbox stable it's not available.

Thanx mikshaw, that explains it :-(

Is there a way to 'upgrade' to the latest development version? Or should I first get rid of the stable version and than compile the new one?

But anyway, does anyone have an idea why making a .xsession file does not seem to have any effect?

Re: upgrading to development version, Slack 9.1 comes with the stable, but I just did the standard ./configure, make, make install on fluxbox 0.9.9 and it works fine. I don't know if 0.1.14 is still hanging around somewhere, but I'll deal with it later... still tweaking my slit... for some reason, it doesn't load the apps in the order that I want... *grumble*

I'm pretty sure that the reason .xinitrc does not work for you, is that your using a graphical login such as kdm or gdm. The .xinitrc works only when u start in runlevel 3, then type startx.

just stmbled on this...

so how does one get this(/home/.jerkface/.xinitrc) to load at kdm or gdm
or should i say the executions within /home/.jerkface/.xinitrc) at kdm or gdm
login?

thanks !!
slackin and fluxin !

i had this problem before and then discovered that the culprit is.....the ampersand!!
it seems you need to add an ampersand ( & ) at the end of additional programs you want to run

here's my .xinitrc file