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Offline WoodenStone

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[Solved] OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« on: September 26, 2020, 07:41:06 PM »
Editing the openbox ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh and adding applications does not work and said apps are not launched
« Last Edit: September 30, 2020, 07:08:07 PM by Rich »

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Re: OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2020, 02:12:31 AM »
You don't say which version or architecture you're using, but did you load the openbox-config extension?

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Re: OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2020, 11:38:29 AM »
I'm running on the 32-Bit version and did you mean obconf, because there is not openbox-config package that I'm aware of

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Re: OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2020, 12:06:30 PM »
It’s in the 64-bit repo

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Re: OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2020, 01:44:34 PM »
Hi WoodenStone
The 32 bit version already contains the contents of  openbox-config.tcz.  For some reason the Tinycore scripts were
split off in x86_64.

Could you post the contents of your  ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh  script please.

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Re: OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2020, 03:11:04 PM »
Hi WoodenStone
The 32 bit version already contains the contents of  openbox-config.tcz.  For some reason the Tinycore scripts were
split off in x86_64.

Could you post the contents of your  ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh  script please.
Here is my autostart.sh

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# This shell script is run before Openbox launches.
# Environment variables set here are passed to the Openbox session.

aterm &

# Set a background color
BG=""
if which hsetroot >/dev/null; then
    BG=hsetroot
else
    if which esetroot >/dev/null; then
BG=esetroot
    else
if which xsetroot >/dev/null; then
    BG=xsetroot
fi
    fi
fi
test -z $BG || $BG -solid "#4f5f82"

# D-bus
if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
       eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
fi

# Make GTK apps look and behave how they were set up in the gnome config tools
if test -x /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon >/dev/null; then
  /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon &
elif which gnome-settings-daemon >/dev/null; then
  gnome-settings-daemon &
# Make GTK apps look and behave how they were set up in the XFCE config tools
elif which xfce-mcs-manager >/dev/null; then
  xfce-mcs-manager n &
fi

# Preload stuff for KDE apps
if which start_kdeinit >/dev/null; then
  LD_BIND_NOW=true start_kdeinit --new-startup +kcminit_startup &
fi

# Run XDG autostart things.  By default don't run anything desktop-specific
# See xdg-autostart --help more info
#DESKTOP_ENV=""
#if which /usr/local/lib/openbox/xdg-autostart >/dev/null; then
#  /usr/local/lib/openbox/xdg-autostart $DESKTOP_ENV
#fi

    [EDIT]: Added code tags.  Rich
« Last Edit: September 27, 2020, 04:54:26 PM by Rich »

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Re: OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2020, 04:58:16 PM »
Hi WoodenStone
Please use  Code Tags  when posting commands and responses seen in a terminal. To use  Code Tags  click on the  #  icon
above the reply box and paste your text between the  Code Tags  as shown in this example:

Quote
[code][   36.176529] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supply 'AVDD': -517
[   36.176536] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supplies: -517
[   36.191753] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supply 'AVDD': -517[/code]

It will appear like this in your post:
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[   36.176529] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supply 'AVDD': -517
[   36.176536] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supplies: -517
[   36.191753] pcm512x 1-004d: Failed to get supply 'AVDD': -517

Code Tags  serve as visual markers between what you are trying to say and the information you are posting. They also preserve
spacing so column aligned data displays properly.

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Re: OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2020, 05:11:39 PM »
Hi WoodenStone
The first line in that script says:
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# This shell script is run before Openbox launches.

 ----- Snip -----
To me that says this is the wrong place to launch an application since the window manager is not running yet.

Try this:
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echo "exec aterm &" > ~/.X.d/Autostart
Then restart X.

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Re: OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2020, 05:26:15 PM »
Hi WoodenStone
The first line in that script says:
...
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# This shell script is run before Openbox launches.

 ----- Snip -----
To me that says this is the wrong place to launch an application since the window manager is not running yet.

Try this:
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echo "exec aterm &" > ~/.X.d/Autostart
Then restart X.
Thanks it worked

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Re: [Solved] OpenBox autostart not working when adding other programs
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2020, 07:09:48 PM »
Hi WoodenStone
Thanks it worked
Marked as solved.