[openbox] Question about obpager

Hanni Ali hanni.ali at gmail.com
Wed Feb 15 04:06:21 EST 2006


use sleep to start the apps once OB has started but still use xinit

this is from my openbox Sessions file

eval 'sleep 7 ; pypanel & gdeskcal & torsmo' &
exec openbox

Hanni


On 15/02/06, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/15/06, David Courtney <blixel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've been using fbpanel's pager for a while ... (because I have also
> > been using fbpanel to give myself "quick launch" icons.)  Lately, I've
> > been thinking I don't really need the "quick launch" icons.  The OB
> > Desktop menu is good enough.
> >
> > I realize I can use fbpanel's pager by itself, but I was thinking I
> > would use a different pager.  obpager seemed like the logical choice.
> > The problem I'm having with obpager is that it doesn't start
> > automatically from my ~/.xinitrc
> >
> > I specify "obpager &" in my ~/.xinitrc like I do with my other dock
> > apps, but it doesn't start.  (Or .. probably more accurately, it
> > starts and then exits before the openbox binary executable runs.  But
> > that is just a guess.)
> >
> > If I run obpager *after* OB is up and running, it works with no problem.
>
> So... start it after OB is up and running then.
>
>
> --
> Mikael Magnusson
>



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