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fredx181 wrote:Hi francois.E

@fred:
The solution you propose is exactly what I am looking for.

With the xfce4-session-settings command in XFCE you get a gui called session and startup that propose to save automatically sessions on logout under its general tab, but also to add applications at bootup under the application autostart tab.

Here's new obshutdown-porteuswheezy_0.1.1-1_i386.deb.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByBgCD ... sp=sharing

I think you said you use Porteus-Wheezy, the one with kernel 3.9.11-porteus , right?
In that case you need to uninstall the obshutdown package first:

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apt-get purge obshutdown

Then open a terminal in the folder where you downloaded the deb and do:

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dpkg -i obshutdown-porteuswheezy_0.1.1-1_i386.deb

Then you can install xfce4-session without failiure.

Note that the window-manager that is running is "openbox" with some xfce components added.
This means that installing xfce4-session alone doesn't work because xfce has no "control".
What I would do is: install a minimal xfce4, like this:

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apt-get install xfce4-session xfwm4 xfce4-utils

And then change in /root/.xsession the line:

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exec openbox-session

To:

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exec startxfce4

Then logout and back in.
Tell me if you need more help.

Fred

fredx181 wrote:Here some nice bugs I found specially for Easter

Just for information what is /opt/bin/load script for?

I'm just using first beta on here just now)

SFSPoints=$( egrep -o "/mnt/live/memory/images/.*xzm|/mnt/live/memory/images/changes-exit" /proc/mounts |sort -u ) #110206 Dougal: get a list of the sfs mountpoints

SFSPoints=$( egrep -o "/mnt/live/memory/images/.*squashfs|/mnt/live/memory/images/changes-exit" /proc/mounts |sort -u ) #110206 Dougal: get a list of the sfs mountpoints

francois.E wrote:@fred:

Worked on it a few more times. And figured it out.

Thanks a lot. porteus-wheezy-xfce4 works like a charm.

mcewanw wrote:When using lxrandr with JWM->Settings->Monitor Settings the saved setting is not being preserved between boots (unless this has been fixed on latest updated beta iso - I'm just using first beta on here just now)

A 'solution' is to exec the command in . Problem is you cannot run desktop file from the commandline (works if you click it from say Rox). A solution to that is to put the following awk script in /opt/bin, exec_desktopfile.awk (make it executable for all):

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#!/bin/awk -f

BEGIN    { 
FS="=";
}
/Exec=/{
system($2);
}

And put the following shell script (exec_lxrandr-autostart) in ~/Startup (and in /etc/skel/Startup and /home/puppy/Startup); (make it executable for all):

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#!/bin/sh
exec exec_desktopfile.awk ~/.config/autostart/lxrandr-autostart.desktop

Could be combined into a single awk script in ~/Startup, but I feel it is better to have the /opt/bin version since it can be used at the commandline to exec any desktop file.

I found the appropriate awk line at the following link (where there are some alternative solutions to running a desktopfile at the commandline, though I think this is the current best one for our needs):

http://askubuntu.com/questions/5172/run ... 2476#52476

root@debian:~# /root/Startup/exec_lxrandr-autostart
awk: /root/.config/autostart/lxrandr-autostart.desktop: No such file or directory

$ cat $HOME/.config/autostart/lxrandr-autostart.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=LXRandR autostart
Comment=Start xrandr with settings done in LXRandR --then manually tweaked
Exec=xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 1920x1200 --rate 60.0 --output LVDS --off --output VGA-0 --primary --mode 1920x1200 --left-of DVI-0
OnlyShowIn=LXDE

Toni wrote:I get this error:
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root@debian:~# /root/Startup/exec_lxrandr-autostart
awk: /root/.config/autostart/lxrandr-autostart.desktop: No such file or directory

fredx181 wrote:Looks like you didn't click on the "Save" button in lxrandr.

fredx181 wrote:Hi francois.E

Can you look at the below and give as much as possible info about what you did and did not?
Also which version of Porteus-Wheezy.
I guess only then I can help.

Fred

fredx181 wrote:Hi francois.E

@fred:
The solution you propose is exactly what I am looking for.

With the xfce4-session-settings command in XFCE you get a gui called session and startup that propose to save automatically sessions on logout under its general tab, but also to add applications at bootup under the application autostart tab.

Here's new obshutdown-porteuswheezy_0.1.1-1_i386.deb.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByBgCD ... sp=sharing

I think you said you use Porteus-Wheezy, the one with kernel 3.9.11-porteus , right?
In that case you need to uninstall the obshutdown package first:

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apt-get purge obshutdown

Then open a terminal in the folder where you downloaded the deb and do:

Code: Select all

dpkg -i obshutdown-porteuswheezy_0.1.1-1_i386.deb

Then you can install xfce4-session without failiure.

Note that the window-manager that is running is "openbox" with some xfce components added.
This means that installing xfce4-session alone doesn't work because xfce has no "control".
What I would do is: install a minimal xfce4, like this:

Code: Select all

apt-get install xfce4-session xfwm4 xfce4-utils

And then change in /root/.xsession the line:

Code: Select all

exec openbox-session

To:

Code: Select all

exec startxfce4

Then logout and back in.
Tell me if you need more help.

Fred

Then logout and back in.

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