Peter Hyman wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 23:02 +0200, Kim Woelders wrote:
>
>>Peter Hyman wrote:
>>
>>>I used to have the following apps automatically startup up
>>>
>>>xscreensaver
>>>rox panel
>>>
>>>and others....These were listed in the snapshots file.
>>>
>>>Now, all of a sudden, on startup of E, the applications do not start. In
>>>the snapshots file it strips the CMD: line and just leave the NEW:
>>>TITLE: NAME: and CLASS: lines. If I add the CMD back in, it is stripped
>>>on next startup.
>>>
>>>NEW: ROX-Panel.ROX-Filer
>>>TITLE: ROX-Filer
>>>NAME: ROX-Panel
>>>CLASS: ROX-Filer
>>>
>>>CMD should be: rox -b Default
>>>
>>>I also tried putting it in quotes. Same result.
>>>
>>>With Xscreensaver, the command was: xscreensaver -nosplash.
>>>
>>>Now, if I manually load the panel from within E, and try and remember
>>>it, there is no check box for "relaunch app at startup".
>>>
>>>OTOH, with applications like gkrellm2, that checkbox option IS there.
>>>Applications that are open when E is shutdown relaunch fine.
>>>
>>>This was working fine two weeks ago or so. Is there a different place to
>>>startup programs that are daemons or panels?
>>>
>>
>>Thanks, it should be back to normal now.
>>You could also use the init script for stuff like this, i.e.
>>make a file, e.g. /home/me/.e16/startup.sh, containing
>>
>>#!/bin/sh
>>rox -b Default &
>>xscreensaver -nosplash &
>>Then do
>>$ eesh set misc.session.cmd_init /home/me/.e16/startup.sh
>>This script should now be run every time a new session starts.
>>
>
> I did not know this trick, thanks.
>
>
>>The programs could of course also be started from .xsession or whatever
>>your X session startup script is.
>>
>
> Yes, I actually was doing this for a long time, but it seemed more
> logical to have E start everything. jMHO
>
> I'll try this workaround. I wish it was documented. Did I miss it?
>
It is mentioned in README-0.16.8 :)
/Kim
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