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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