startfluxbox(1) =============== Jim Ramsay v1.1.2, 18 February 2009 :man source: startfluxbox.txt :man version: {revision} :man manual: Fluxbox Manual NAME ---- startfluxbox - start a fluxbox session SYNOPSIS -------- *startfluxbox* DESCRIPTION ----------- *startfluxbox* is a script which runs the file *\~/.fluxbox/startup* If it doesn't exist it will be generated. *startfluxbox* should be started from your *\~/.xinitrc* if you use startx, or *\~/.xsession* if you run a display manager, like xdm. FILES ----- *\~/.fluxbox/startup*:: This file contains all commands that should be executed before fluxbox is started. The initial file contains helpful comments for beginners. It also starts fluxbox. EXAMPLES -------- The default *\~/.fluxbox/startup* is as follows: .... #!/bin/sh # # fluxbox startup-script: # # Lines starting with a '#' are ignored. # Change your keymap: xmodmap "$HOME/.Xmodmap" # Applications you want to run with fluxbox. # MAKE SURE THAT APPS THAT KEEP RUNNING HAVE AN ''&'' AT THE END. # # unclutter -idle 2 & # wmnd & # wmsmixer -w & # idesk & # And last but not least we start fluxbox. # Because it is the last app you have to run it with ''exec'' before it. exec fluxbox # or if you want to keep a log: # exec fluxbox -log "$fluxdir/log" .... If you need to start applications after fluxbox, you can change the *exec fluxbox* line above to something like this: .... exec fluxbox & fbpid=$! sleep 1 { xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -fg white -bg black & ipager & gkrellm2 & } & wait $fbpid .... So xsetroot, ipager, and gkrellm2 will all be started after fluxbox, after giving fluxbox 1 second to startup. For more details on what else you can do in this script, see *sh(1p)*, or the documentation for your shell. ONLINE DOCUMENTATION -------------------- More extensive documentation for *startfluxbox(1)* can be found at::: http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/fluxbox/startfluxbox.html AUTHORS ------- The author of *startfluxbox(1)* is Han Boetes This manpage was converted to asciidoc format by Jim Ramsay for fluxbox-1.1.2 SEE ALSO -------- fluxbox(1)