From: Ron D. <ron...@gm...> - 2008-07-30 11:39:55
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Jeff Schallenberg <sch...@gm...> wrote: > I am using Fluxbox with Xubuntu 8.04. > > I am trying to use the bbpager utility in the slit - it just works better > than fbpager and ipager on my little eeePC. But BBPager has the peculiarity > that it will not start until AFTER fluxbox is started. > > When I was using BlackBox as a Window Manager, I was able to insert a "sleep > 2 &" statement into the blackbox startup script. > > So, how can I do that with FluxBox? > > I consulted the wiki article: > > "How do I start an application after fluxbox starts" > > - but unfortunately that article doesn't say what file to edit or replace. I > think an edit is in order. > > With Xubuntu, there is no .xinitrc or .xsession file. Instead, the > startfluxbox script is run by the /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop file. > > To have bbpager run withdrawn a few seconds after FluxBox starts, into which > file should I be inserting statements like: > > exec fluxbox & > fbpid=$! > > > sleep 2 > { > > bbpager -w & > } & > > > wait $fbpid > > - Anybody got an idea? > Fluxbox startup commands usually go into $HOME/.fluxbox/startup -- where the last line is: exec /path/to/fluxbox Ron -- Ron DuPlain <ron...@gm...> http://www.linkedin.com/in/rduplain > > Thanks for your patience. > > -- > - Jeff Schallenberg > Saint Lambert, Québec > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Fluxbox-users mailing list > Flu...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fluxbox-users > > |