[openbox] keybind problem

Pedro Ribeiro pedrib at gmail.com
Fri Dec 18 19:28:54 EST 2009


On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Johan Vromans <jvromans at squirrel.nl> wrote:
> Tapio Pitkäranta <tapio.m.pitkaranta at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> <keybind key="XF86AudioPlay">
>>    <action name="Execute">
>>       <execute>mpc toggle</execute>
>>    </action>
>> </keybind>
>
> Works like a charm on Fedora 10, mpc 0.16 and OpenBox 4.3.7.2.
>
> A typical pitfall for such a situations is that the command mpc is not
> available to openbox. For example, it could be in /usr/local/bin and
> /usr/local/bin is added to PATH *after* openbox was started.
>
> Just a wild guess (and I'd really expect mpc to be in /usr/bin and
> therefore available to openbox ... ).
>
> -- Johan
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Try starting openbox in a console, and see what error it outputs when
you press the keybind.

Pedro


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