Re: Autostarting programs with Fluxbox

[Christian Koerner <ck@ps-xaf.de>]

Rehceb Rotkiv wrote:
> Hello,

Hi Rehceb,

> what is the proper way to automatically start a program after Fluxbox
> launch? Most sources say something about ~/.xinit or ~/.xsession, but I do
> not have/need these files because I launch Fluxbox from GDM (via a .desktop
> file).

Not sure if it's the proper way but you can add the following line into
the file ~/.fluxbox/init:

session.screen0.rootCommand:    ~/.fluxbox/autostart.sh

In this file you can add the commands you want to run after fluxbox is
up. See also: http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docs/newdoc.manpage.php

> With best regards,
> Rehceb

//BR
Christian