Richard Thanks for the help, but unless I did something wrong that didnt work. I enabled hidden files/folders, found the .config/openbox folder, which is the /home/simon/.config/openbox folder. I then used LeafPad, which I assume is a basic text editor to create the autostart.sh file. Then followed your instructions on setting it as executable. Rebooted and the problem still exists. It doesn't seem to run the xcompmgr. I didn't do the last bit as I couldn't find the xsession folder. What next?
Simon Royal
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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:41:11 +0100 From: richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] xcompmgr help
At Mon, 9 Aug 2010 02:08:12 +0100, Simon Royal wrote:
So, firstly how do I run it without having terminal open all the time and how do I automatically run it - I read something about autostart.sh.
Keep reading and you'll eventually find that you can create a file under:
~/.config/openbox/
called autostart.sh
which openbox will execute when you log in. Put your call to xcompmgr in this file and append an '&' to it, e.g.:
xcompmgr -c &
This ensures that it gets sent to the background after starting.
It's probably necessary that autostart.sh is executable.
$ ls -lh ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
will tell you whether it is or not.
$ chmod +x ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
will make it executable.
You may also consider using ~/.xsession rather than ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh.
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