IceWM doesn't execute my startup script

martinpi · 05-27-2004, 07:41 AM

IceWM was running fine as installed with SuSE 9.0.
I installed SuSE 9.1 (new install), copied the .icewm directory from the backup, and now IceWM doesn't execute my startup script any more.

I checked the following:
~/.icewm directory is owned by me.
~/.icewm/startup is owned by me and I have permission to execute.
There is no #!/bin/sh statement in the first line.
Programs are called with "&" like "xscreensaver &"
It works when I call it manually from xterm with "sh .icewm/startup".
When I call it from the menu (as a workaround), it works.

I tried to:
make it readable / executable for all.
put a #!/bin/sh statement in the first line.
rename it to startup.sh.

More ideas what to try or check?

mtb · 05-28-2004, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by martinpi
IceWM was running fine as installed with SuSE 9.0.
I installed SuSE 9.1 (new install), copied the .icewm directory from the backup, and now IceWM doesn't execute my startup script any more.

I checked the following:
~/.icewm directory is owned by me.
~/.icewm/startup is owned by me and I have permission to execute.
There is no #!/bin/sh statement in the first line.
Programs are called with "&" like "xscreensaver &"
It works when I call it manually from xterm with "sh .icewm/startup".
When I call it from the menu (as a workaround), it works.

I tried to:
make it readable / executable for all.
put a #!/bin/sh statement in the first line.
rename it to startup.sh.

More ideas what to try or check?

I think icewm has changed. Now it's splitted in various modules. Maybe if you launch icewm-common from your .xinitrc you'll solve the problem.

Also why don't you launch xscreensaver and so on from .xinitrc?