Trying to find startup script that loads appliecations in the gnome-sessons app ?!?
William Case
billlinux at rogers.com
Thu Jul 8 22:54:15 UTC 2010
On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 15:42 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote:
> On 07/08/2010 03:32 PM, William Case wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 14:06 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:53:54 -0400
> >> William Case<billlinux at rogers.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >
> >>> xev | grep -m 1 ReparentNotify; firefox& xchat-gnome&
> >>>
> >> Lets step back a bit. What is your high level goal here?
> >>
> > Looking for a more elegant solution than just writing a 'sleep' script
> > to use in session-mangaer
> >
> >> gnome should remember and restart your firefox and xchat-gnome on
> >> login. Does it not do so?
> >>
> > Yes.
> >
> >
> >> Or can you elaborate on what you are trying to do further?
> >>
> > I am using compiz to place and position certain applications'windows.
> > Firefox and xchat-gnome start before compiz, and so aren't placed or
> > positioned properly at startup.
> >
> >
> snip
>
> You can load the compiz fusion icon in your session startup before
> anything else.
>
> For me, compiz starts just after gnome-terminal, and gets all my windows
> in the right places, including firefox, about 75% of the time. When it
> does not work just right are times when application pop ups get obscured.
>
> I am also interested in getting it to be a bit more accurate ...
>
> Good luck, and I will be looking for answers as well.
>
In Fedora 12 I found that positioning and placing worked (or didn't
work) depending on whether I was relogging in or re-starting.
Determined that I should fix it in Fedora 13. Just to keep the eye
candy nice. It is no longer eye candy if you have to futz with it.
--
Regards Bill
Fedora 13, Gnome 2.30.2
Evo.2.20.2, Emacs 23.2.1
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