Configure LX desktop #2 (Solved, finally!)

[djohnston]

Show from console:

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cat ~/.config/lxautostart/lxautostart.sh
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If at the end of this file there is no command like this:

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conky &run from console command like this:

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echo "conky &" >> ~/.config/lxautostart/lxautostart.shLogout and log into your account to LXDE.

+1  This will work even if there is no conky.desktop file. It's similar to the way I start conky on login to my Openbox desktops. I'm not finding a conky.desktop file on either desktop where it's installed and running.

You can also add it to startup using the LX-Autostart editor. Open it from the menu. Click the Advanced button.



Then click the Edit button.



Add the line conky & at the bottom.



Click OK.

[Neal ManBear]

If you have a menu entry for conky, then conky.desktop exists. To verify ---     

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locate conky.desktop     
This will give you the location of the conky.desktop file.     

[Ɗα√ϵς§]

Open your home folder in PCfman, and choose the menu setting to see hidden files. Click in .config, then lxautostart. There is a file in there, lxautostart.sh - right click on it, check the properties tab, and ensure that the file is executable.

 

[cstrike77]

Output from

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cat ~/.config/autostart/conky.desktopThanks

[jan@localhost ~]$ cat ~/.config/autostart/conky.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.9.4
Type=Application
Name=conky
Comment=
Exec=/home/jan/.conkyrc
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false

[cstrike77]

Open your home folder in PCfman, and choose the menu setting to see hidden files. Click in .config, then lxautostart. There is a file in there, lxautostart.sh - right click on it, check the properties tab, and ensure that the file is executable.

 

The minute I read your post, the light went on over my head. looked at it and it's not executable, so ticked it as, rebooted instead of just logging in/out and nope, didn't work... Really appreciate all the responses I've got on this problem..

TKS

[daniel]

output from
conky
in terminal, please

[cstrike77]

output from
conky
in terminal, please

[jan@localhost ~]$ conky
Conky: desktop window (1000120) is subwindow of root window (102)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1800001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer

[daniel]

output from
conky
in terminal, please

[jan@localhost ~]$ conky
Conky: desktop window (1000120) is subwindow of root window (102)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1800001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer

conky is startet?

[cstrike77]

output from
conky
in terminal, please

[jan@localhost ~]$ conky
Conky: desktop window (1000120) is subwindow of root window (102)
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1800001)
Conky: drawing to double buffer

conky is startet?

I killed conky and restarted via terminal, if there was another way of doing it let me know and will do it..

TKS!

[daniel]

okay now we have a solution, remove conky.desktop file from ~/.config/autostart/
(you can use lxautostart for this)

and try, what djohnston here wrote
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,100879.msg857992.html#msg857992

Good luck

Edit:

or... edit your desktop file
from
Exec=/home/jan/.conkyrc
in
Exec=/etc/conky/conkyrc

If a hidden conkyrc in your homedirectory?

EditII:
Exec=/home/jan/.conkyrc
Is it right, that will exec a *rc file?

[djohnston]

If you have a menu entry for conky, then conky.desktop exists. To verify ---     

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locate conky.desktop     
This will give you the location of the conky.desktop file.     

Installed conky from Synaptic on both Openbox desktops. There's no conky.desktop file on either one.

[Neal ManBear]

If you have a menu entry for conky, then conky.desktop exists. To verify ---     

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locate conky.desktop     
This will give you the location of the conky.desktop file.     

Installed conky from Synaptic on both Openbox desktops. There's no conky.desktop file on either one.

     
  That is decidedly odd, as with any install of conky a .desktop file should be created.       

[djohnston]

If you have a menu entry for conky, then conky.desktop exists. To verify ---     

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locate conky.desktop     
This will give you the location of the conky.desktop file.     

Installed conky from Synaptic on both Openbox desktops. There's no conky.desktop file on either one.

     
  That is decidedly odd, as with any install of conky a .desktop file should be created.       

Don't know what to say. Been running two Openbox desktops a few months now with no conky.desktop file. Both desktops start conky display on the desktop at login.

[darrel@Duron ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@Duron ~]# updatedb
[root@Duron ~]# exit
[darrel@Duron ~]$ locate conky.desktop
[darrel@Duron ~]$

[root@PentiumIII ~]# updatedb
[root@PentiumIII ~]# exit
[darrel@PentiumIII ~]$ locate conky.desktop
[darrel@PentiumIII ~]$

[cstrike77]

If you have a menu entry for conky, then conky.desktop exists. To verify ---    

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locate conky.desktop    
This will give you the location of the conky.desktop file.    

Installed conky from Synaptic on both Openbox desktops. There's no conky.desktop file on either one.

   
  That is decidedly odd, as with any install of conky a .desktop file should be created.      

I remember following the instructions posted for starting conky in LXDE, searched conky + lxde (or some such). Created a conky.desktop file and it took off, oh and added the three lines that's needed to run conky with lxde. There is no menu entry for conky on either drive. There may be one for KDE or GNOME, not sure as this thing won't run either..

EDIT:, because there is an autostart for both in the repos.

jan

[cstrike77]

okay now we have a solution, remove conky.desktop file from ~/.config/autostart/
(you can use lxautostart for this)

and try, what djohnston here wrote
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,100879.msg857992.html#msg857992

Good luck

Edit:

or... edit your desktop file
from
Exec=/home/jan/.conkyrc
in
Exec=/etc/conky/conkyrc

If a hidden conkyrc in your homedirectory?

EditII:
Exec=/home/jan/.conkyrc
Is it right, that will exec a *rc file?

Yes, there is a hidden .conkyrc in my home directory, there would have to be one if I'm starting conky from run

Ok, removed conky.desktop from .config/autostart, added conky & to lxautostart.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=LXDE Autostart
Comment=Automatically start listed applications when LXDE starts.
Exec=/home/jan/.config/lxautostart/lxautostart.sh
Icon=/usr/share/icons/lxautostart.png
conky &
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Configuration

No joy, won't start..

Dug around in .config/lxautostart, there's a file called lxauto, which has the following:


# (en) Wait 10 seconds before starts up.
# (de) 10 Sekunden warten bis zum starten.
sleep 10
#
#wbar &
#parcellite &
#gkrellm &
#xbindkeys &
#conky &

Still no joy...

I don't have parcellite installed, I think I might install it and see if it runs...

jan