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Aldebaraan

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[SOLVED] xfce panel doesn't start

I'm using xfdesktop and xfce4-panel because they are similar to what i'm used. But xfce4-panel doesn't start when using this script in the autostart:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 3 && xfdesktop
sleep 4 && xfce4-panel
sleep 2 && megasync

But when i start it in terminal it works. Why?

Last edited by hhh (2020-07-25 21:27:33)

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce panel doesn't start

...xfce4-panel doesn't start when using this script in the autostart:

#!/bin/bash
sleep 3 && xfdesktop
sleep 4 && xfce4-panel
sleep 2 && megasync

But when i start it in terminal it works. Why?

How are you calling the script in your autostart?

Does the xfdesktop command need to be forked off, so the subsequent commands can be carried out?

sleep 3 && xfdesktop &

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce panel doesn't start

I can't even tell if @Alderaan (Star Wars pun, baby), means BL's autostart.

No need for a script, commenting out tint2 and adding xfce4-panel and xfdesktop as forked commands has always worked for me. They shouldn't even need sleep...

xfdesktop &
xfce4-panel &

To be fair, I haven't used xfdesktop and the panel with Openbox in over a year. I could be spreading Fake News.

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce panel doesn't start

I'm using xfdesktop now and I can confirm that both it and xfce4-panel need to be forked with a final ampersand as damo and hhh say. Quite possibly megasync too.

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Aldebaraan

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce panel doesn't start

Yes it works now after the ampersand. Thanks.

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce panel doesn't start

Please mark your thread title [SOLVED] by editing the first post.

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce panel doesn't start

^ I took care of it.

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