Re: How do I start an application after fluxbox starts?
"Ron DuPlain" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.window-managers.fluxbox.user |
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Jeff Schallenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Ron DuPlain <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If you have the full path to bbpager, put it in the startup script, as >> such: >> >> { >> /path/to/bbpager -w & >> } & >> >> Let me know how that works. >> > Ron, the full path to bbpager is /usr/bin/bbpager. > > In my ~/.fluxbox/startup file, I added: > > # And last but not least we start fluxbox. > # Because it is the last app you have to run it with ''exec'' before it. > > exec /usr/bin/fluxbox Here it is. The line above should have an ampersand at the end, i.e. exec /usr/bin/fluxbox & (or just: /usr/bin/fluxbox &) Without it, all of the following lines won't run until fluxbox exits. That should do it... Ron > fbpid=$! > > sleep 2 > { > /usr/bin/bbpager -w & > } & > > > wait $fbpid > > But that doesn't work. Should it be: > > { > exec /usr/bin/bbpager -w & > } & > > instead? > > -- > - Jeff > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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=/