fbdesk for fluxbox autostartup
I'm running suse 9.3 and I want to automatically start the fbdesk application on startup in fluxbox. I've gone through the fluxbox documentation and it said to add it to .xinitrc file. It apprears suse has a default script, but I added the following line to the end of the script:
exec /usr/local/bin/fbdesk & This is for ~/.xinitrc file. So I also tried the .xinitrc file in /etc/x11/ directory. This did not work either. If I start it manually, it works without a problem. Any suggestions? |
It would be helpful if you would have posted your full .xinitrc but try this anyway if you can:
1- Execute fbdesk BEFORE fluxbox 2- REMOVE the "exec" at the start of the line Your .xinitrc should look similar to this: /usr/local/bin/fbdesk & exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox I am not sure if the "&" is really needed when executing fbdesk but it should be safe to keep it. |
From the FluxBox FAQ:
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# window manager |
Are you using startx or a login manager?
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I'll try starting fbdesk before fluxbox when I get home.
also, I'm using a login manager. I was wondering if that mattered because I'm not exactly sure when X actually gets started. I assume before the login manager starts up. |
Do you have /etc/X11/sessions/fluxbox?You may be able to try it there.
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putting the fbdesk before the start of fluxbox worked. thanks!
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