[openbox] Run on startup

[Lutz Schönemann]

This is a nice solution but then a ~/obstart.sh file has to be in every 
homedir.

Holly Bostick wrote:
> Lutz Schönemann wrote:
> 
>> Does this work also with gdm? Is there no other way with a specific 
>> config file of openbox (i.e. rc.xml)?
> 
> 
> Not exactly-- gdm doesn't use  ~/.xinitrc. So I use a separate script 
> (~/obstart.sh), and edit the openbox.desktop file in 
> /etc/X11/dm/Sessions to point to it.
> 
> As follows-- openbox.desktop is actually just a text file, but can't be 
> opened from the file manager; open a root text editor and open it from 
> there.
> 
> You should see something like:
> 
> [Desktop Entry]
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Name=Openbox
> Comment=Openbox
> TryExec=/usr/X11R6/bin/startopenbox
> Exec=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession Openbox
> Icon=
> Type=Application
> 
> I would then change the Exec= line to point to my script. ~/obstart.sh, 
> so the desktop entry now looks like this:
> [Desktop Entry]
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Name=Openbox
> Comment=Openbox
> TryExec=/usr/X11R6/bin/startopenbox
> Exec=/home/username/obstart.sh
> Icon=
> Type=Application
> 
> Save this and exit.
> 
> The obstart.sh script itself looks like this:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> export LANG="nl_NL at euro"
> devilspie &
> numlockx &
> feh --bg-scale /usr/share/backgrounds/0106_1024.jpg &
> /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon &
> feh --bg-scale /usr/share/backgrounds/flower.png &
> LinNeighborhood -m &
> (sleep 15 &&  gnome-panel) &
> multi-gnome-terminal &
> (sleep 20 && thunderbird) &
> (sleep 25 && firefox) &
> (sleep 120 && krusader) &
> #(sleep 125 && korn) &
> #(sleep 40 && gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=boinc) &
> exec openbox
> 
> When I select openbox from the GDM menu, the script is run, starting all 
> of the programs I want and then Openbox.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Holly
> 
> 
>>
>> Jesper Noehr wrote:
>>
>>> Put 'em in ~/.xinitrc as such:
>>>
>>> mmkeys &
>>> xmms &
>>> exec openbox
>>>
>>> On fre, 2004-12-10 at 14:30 +0000, Lutz Schönemann wrote:
>>>
>>>> How can I configure Openbox to run some apps when it starts up? Fluxbox
>>>> has a file called startup where you can place some commands that should
>>>> be executed on startup. Someone can help me?
>>>>
>>>> Thnx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>