Hi
I am still experiencing Linux Mint 9 LXDE graphical problems. ALUG member Martin suggested it was an OpenBox problem and not an LXDE problem.
I have kind of sorted the problem, but not permanently.
If I run 'xcompmgr' from the terminal the graphical glitches and blips disappear and everything is fine. However, the minute I close the terminal it must stop xcompmgr running as the problems come back.
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.
Regards
Simon Royal
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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.
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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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
--- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. --- IBM ThinkPad 240X running Linux Mint 9 LXDE & Windows XP Home - Apple iBook G3 running OSX 10.4.
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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At Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:05:18 +0100, Simon Royal wrote:
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.
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.
Paste the exact contents of autostart.sh here:
What happens if you run autostart.sh?
$ ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
Rebooted and the problem still exists. It doesn't seem to run the xcompmgr.
$ ps aux|grep xcompmgr
will tell you whether it's running or not. You should see something similar to:
username 4394 0.0 0.0 3304 768 pts/0 S+ 16:23 0:00 grep xcompmgr
and at least one other line of output if it's running.
I didn't do the last bit as I couldn't find the xsession folder.
~/.xsession is (or will be) a file, not a directory.
What next?
Ask someone who knows about xcompmgr! ;-)
Richard > Paste the exact contents of autostart.sh here: xcompmgr -c &
What happens if you run autostart.sh?
$ ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
it runs it and the odd graphics problem dissapear.
$ ps aux|grep xcompmgr
yep. thats running, however on reboot running that command it does show it running.
~/.xsession is (or will be) a file, not a directory.
where do i put this file and do I put the same 'xcompmgr -c &' command in it?
Simon
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Richard This may not be the best option but it is a good work around. I havent been able to get the autostart.sh to work and running the command in Terminal and having Terminal running all the time is quite annoying. However, instead of opening Terminal from the Mint menu I opened Run and ran xcompmgr from there. It seems to be working and has nothing externally running.
Simon Royal
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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:00:06 +0100 From: richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] xcompmgr help
At Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:05:18 +0100, Simon Royal wrote:
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.
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.
Paste the exact contents of autostart.sh here:
What happens if you run autostart.sh?
$ ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
Rebooted and the problem still exists. It doesn't seem to run the xcompmgr.
$ ps aux|grep xcompmgr
will tell you whether it's running or not. You should see something similar to:
username 4394 0.0 0.0 3304 768 pts/0 S+ 16:23 0:00 grep xcompmgr
and at least one other line of output if it's running.
I didn't do the last bit as I couldn't find the xsession folder.
~/.xsession is (or will be) a file, not a directory.
What next?
Ask someone who knows about xcompmgr! ;-)
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