Re: starting Idesk automatically in IceWM on Lenny
On Monday 12 October 2009 22:25:03 Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 21:32, Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
>
> > Any attempt, however, to make Idesk also start automatically, results in
> > Idesk running fine - but not X and IceWM. The desktop looks odd (as if
> > it hasn't finished loading), and although all the icons work and the
> > applications start up and function correctly, when I shut down an
> > application, X shuts down with it.
>
> What do you mean by any atempt? Idesk must have a .start script, maybe
> under .idesk, are you issuing something like:
> exec /path/to/idesk &
> with the ending &?
Yes. But I omitted to mention that because I forgot, that putting an & after
both startx and Idesk results in Idesk running correctly - but only if and
when I open a terminal: and Idesk then closes when I shut the terminal down.
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