Running an app on Blackbox login?
 

I want an application to start as soon as I login to Blackbox via XDM. Is this possible?

Yeap, just add it in your .xinitrc (or the global /etc/xinit/xinitrc.blackbox) file. Remember to add a & at the end and put the line before starting the window manager.

Try add it to your ~/.xinitrc, like
Not sure if kdm will read it though

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as gbonvehi said :)

http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/Bl...5e338c500db342

That says to use either .xinitrc or .Xsession. I read elsewhere that .xinitrc is used if you're starting X via a command line with 'startx'.

Where else would the .xinitrc file be? I have no xinit directory under /etc.

Try put the command in ~/.xprofile

Doesn't exist.

create it, then (it is a file, not a directory)

And do what with it?

You create the file then you add your command
followed by a & as posted above

So in that file, I'll only have the command I want to execute, followed by &?

In every other example, the commands you want to execute preceed the execution of whichever window manager you are booting into. Just making sure.

Yes only your command, and if it is located
in an exotic place like /opt/chaos/bin, add
its complete path to be sure

Alright...

That worked, but it loaded the app BEFORE Blackbox loaded. After I closed it, then Blackbox loaded.

That's why the & is important (to put the process in background)

I'm going to pretend like that never happened. :cool: