Re: Windowmaker Question

[Harold Crouch <hcrouch@mchsi.com>]

H> I cd'ed to ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/ and found neither file nor
H> folder named "autostart."  So, I created a file named "autostart,"
H> added one line to it which reads "/usr/bin/perlpanel," retained the
H> default priviliges (rw-r--r--), and tried it.  No joy.  Went back
H> into the file and appended the ampersand to the end of the command.
H> Still no joy.   What am I missing?
 
F> Is autostart a file that the contents are read out and then executed or is 
F> it run like a script?  If it is run like a script you are going to need to 
F> throw a #!/bin/sh up there at the top and then chmod 0755 that file.

chmod'ed to 755. Discovered that when autostart file reads: 
   "/usr/bin/panelname", Wmaker hangs on launch;
   "/usr/bin/panelname &", Wmaker and panel launch.
Same results with or without leading shebang!

Joy!   ;-)

 

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