> I don't run the xserver by entering startx in the console. I have it starting > and running automatically via an entry in ~/.bash_profile. >> All entries in your .Xsession or similar must end with &, so >> they'll >> run in the background, except the last one. This last one should be >> your window manager. For instance, mine's this: >> exec xscreensaver -no-splash & >> exec /usr/bin/fluxbox >> Yours should be: >> exec idesk & >> exec /path/to/otherapp & >> exec /usr/bin/icewm >> I've tried idesk before and gave up for some reason, but i think i >> had >> it working... > I have it working well - but only from the command lime, by entering > the idesk > command. And even then, on one of the computers, as a child of the > terminal, > so that X shuts down if I close the terminal; and when it does > start, it only > starts up if Icewm is running > But I want it to run automatically at startup. > Thanks for your help. > Lisi
You can rearrange the order in which things are started in your .xsession file, ie you dont have to start the window manager last. Eg, my .xsession looks like: #!/bin/sh xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults & xset -b wmaker & sleep 1 xclock -geometry 60x60-1-1 & aterm -tr -trsb -sh 50 -geometry 160x64+70+5 & while [ 1 ] ; do sleep 1000d done Basically, when the script finishes, X will close - so dont let the script finish - thats what the long sleeping loop at the end is for. I'm guessing your .xsession should look something like: #!/bin/sh xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults & icewm & sleep 1 <other apps> & idesk & while [ 1 ] ; do sleep 1000d done The line 'sleep 1' is intended to be a little delay to give icewm time to start up before attempting to run idesk. It may not actually be necessary, or it may be too small a delay, it all depends on how idesk determines if icewm is running, ie it may look for a lock file created really quickly by icewm, or it may look for a process that may take some time to appear. Cheers, Tim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
