Xmonad Xsession
Im a debian user but it should be the same solution for you:
I solved it like this:
(Notice .sh ending)
[Desktop Entry]
Name=XMonad
Encoding=UTF-8
Comment=Lightweight tiling window manager
Exec=/home/myusername/start-xmonad.sh
Icon=custom_xmonad_badge.png
Type=XSession
Then i made created the start-xmonad.sh file in the home folder. Commands in this file should be runnable in your terminal.
#!/bin/bash
yourStartUpApplication &
xmobar &
xmonad
Make sure that start-xmonad.sh has correct rights by using
chmod 755 /home/myusername/start-xmonad.sh
Note: & sign is used to run another command after.
Hope this helps! (:
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AntLord
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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AntLord over 1 year
My user level: noob-ish, so please bear with me
I'm running 12.04 LTS. I have installed and, to some extent, configured xmonad 0.10
The "automagically" created xsession for it works fine as it is, but when I login it won't run a startup script I've created and "call from"
/usr/share/xsessions/xmonad.desktop
, if that's right. I've read pretty much all I could find about .xinitrc and .xsession, I tried that and it somehow messed up the other "sessions", if I'm explaining myself correctly. Had to$unity --reset
to have the "main session" working again.Anyway, my question is, how do I autostart xmobar and set a desktop background after login into xmonad's default Xsession?
I tried this script, start-xmonad:
#!/bin/bash # #I only used one of the following each time I tried, none worked #Also, do I really need the '&'? I know what they're for, but... nitrogen --restore & feh --bg-scale ~/Pictures/picture.png & #Then I want xmobar to start, again do I need the '&'? I know it's for it to run #in the background, but I tried removing the '&' and xmonad still launched xmobar & #Finally, the only thing that seems to work in this script exec xmonad
Yes, I made sure I did
chomd +x ~/start-xmonad
The xmonad.desktop is
[Desktop Entry] Name=XMonad Encoding=UTF-8 Comment=Lightweight tiling window manager Exec=/home/myusername/start-xmonad Icon=custom_xmonad_badge.png Type=XSession
So, this didn't work, now I'm here. Please help :s thanks