Re: [dwm] autostart

On Mon, 08 Sep 2008, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Richard_P=F6ttler_ wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM, bill lam <cbill.lam_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 08 Sep 2008, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Richard_P=F6ttler_ wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:44 AM, bill lam <cbill.lam_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I use slim to start dwm or other wm. I want to know to autostart a
> >> > particular script for dwn only.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Just place the command in front of the dwm command in the dwm branch
> >> of your case block in the .xinitrc.
> >>
> >> You also want to have a look at:
> >> http://www.google.at/search?q=.xinitrc+dwm+slim&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a
> >>
> >
> > Did you use slim login manager?
>
> Yes, I do.
>
> > 1. slim does not need ~/.xinitrc
>
> I am not sure, whether it doesn't need one. Maybe you have altered
> your login_cmd variable in your slim.conf.
>
> > 2. how to ensure the script is only run for dwn session but not other
> > wm?
>
> You could do it like it is written in the Arch linux wiki. Or put
> something like:
>
> case $1 in
> dwm)
> <1337 command here>
> dwm
> ;;
> <other wm>)
> <launch other wm>
> ;;
> ...
> esac
>
> into your .xinitrc (I haven't tried it out, because i am on a windows
> maching and not able to access my computer at home)
> you could also search http://www.dotfiles.org for examples.
>
> > Put it in the other way, does dwm have any autostart script?
>
> Pure dwm does not.
>

Thank for confirmation. I use slim as provided by ubuntu which fixed
some bugs in original slim. eg, default session not working, default
locale not sourced, file for pam not created (this neeed to be added
manually)

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