fluxbox not executing ~/.fluxbox/startup [solved]

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barfo · Post by **barfo** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:38 pm

so i've added fbpager and numlockx to ~/.fluxbox/startup and they are not starting. i've ampersanded both and the script is a+x.

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[ pwhitt@neptune  8:35AM ]~$ ls -o ./.fluxbox/startup
-rwxr-xr-x  1 pwhitt 25 Mar 30 21:42 ./.fluxbox/startup*
[ pwhitt@neptune  8:35AM ]~$ cat ./.fluxbox/startup
fbpager &
numlockx on &

[ pwhitt@neptune  8:35AM ]~$

can someone tell me what i need to do in order to get these to start when i startx? i've also tried adding both to .xinitrc... no dice.

kfiaciarka · Post by **kfiaciarka** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:48 pm

I think it should be

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numlockx&

I've never use fbpager so I don't know how to help you.

dmartinsca · Post by **dmartinsca** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:50 pm

How do you start X?
Do you use xdm, the startx command from a console? gdm, kdm?

I just did a search for 'fluxbox startup' on google. It found the fluxbox wiki. Looks like ~/.fluxbox/startup is only used if you use then 'startfluxbox' command.
If you don't use a graphical login, you could put 'startfluxbox' in your .xinitrc and use 'startx' to load X windows which will read .xinitrc and start fluxbox followed by your ~/.fluxbox/startup script.

If you use xdm to log in, use a file called ~/.xsession instead of .xinitrc

barfo · Post by **barfo** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:01 pm

kfiaciarka: numlockx takes one argument, either on or off. on is the default is none is given, however since i couldn't tell whether or not it was working, i explicitly passed 'on'

dmartinsca: startx from the prompt. the contents of .xinitrc:

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# Fluxbox exec string
exec fluxbox
# start up with g-term
#gnome-terminal --geometry=110x18+245+772

i could probably get around the problem by editing the startfluxbox script, but i don't think i should have to do something that brutal, should i? isn't fluxbox xupposed to source ~/.fluxbox/startup upon starting?

dmartinsca · Post by **dmartinsca** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:09 pm

fluxbox only runs the startup file if you start it using 'startfluxbox'. Just change the line 'exec fluxbox' to 'exec startfluxbox'. The startfluxbox script will run the contents of ~/.fluxbox/startup and then call 'exec fluxbox'

barfo · Post by **barfo** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:30 pm

whoa. thanks for the info, but that totally broke my startx.

if i change 'exec fluxbox' to 'exec startfluxbox' startx will not run, giving me some bizarre error. if instead i replace it with simple 'startfluxbox' it gives me X, with no menus or anything, just the old fashioned X mouse cursor.

is there something hosed here, or is there something i've got configured incorrectly? i checked the starfluxbox script contents and they are exactly what is listed in the fluxbox wiki regarding the startup scripts...

tres strange, no?

barfo · Post by **barfo** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:36 pm

got it...

my new .xinitrc:

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fluxbox & wmpid=$!

sleep 1
{       fbpager &
}

wait $wmpid

funboy.ch · Post by **funboy.ch** » Sat May 27, 2006 3:59 pm

Sorry to post in a closed post but I have the same problem. I use XDM as login manager. My problem is a I have neither of the two files below:

If you use xdm to log in, use a file called ~/.xsession instead of .xinitrc

Any tips would be great. Oh, btw, i am a real beginner.