Dmenu autostart.

Hello everyone! I recently switched over to Arch and decided to try AwesomeWM (as someone said, all the cool kids are doing it), and everything has been smooth up till now.
I want to dmenu to start as I start x from the command line. I added
/usr/bin/dmenu_run &
to my .xinitrc file, and it seemed to work. Once. Now, no matter what I do dmenu will not autolaunch as X starts. After searching forums I have not found a solution. I am sure an answer is out there but I am about to fall asleep in my chair so I thought I would take a shortcut: Is it possible to launch dmenu as X starts ?
Thanks!
-Chris

chrisp wrote:I want to dmenu to start as I start x from the command line.
Do you mean that you want it to run as soon as awesome comes up? dmenu is not something you have running constantly like you do with gnome-do, you just need to bind dmenu_run to a key combination.
I use mod4+space to launch dmenu and have this in my rc.lua:
awful.key({ modkey }, "space", function () awful.util.spawn("dmenu_run") end),
If you are just wanting dmenu to pop up when awesome starts, just add this somewhere in your rc.lua:
awful.util.spawn("dmenu_run")

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X.Org X Server 1.14.1
Release Date: 2013-04-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.8.7-1-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux dodo713 3.9.2-2-ck #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun May 12 18:19:49 EDT 2013 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-ck root=UUID=06874255-7a5d-4968-8f09-1e53cb761f44 ro quiet init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd
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Fel uppstod, inga paket uppgraderades.
[ronny@htpc ~]$
Trying to following the info here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … iki:usrlib:
[ronny@htpc ~]$ grep '^lib/' /var/lib/pacman/local/*/files
/var/lib/pacman/local/nvidia-295.59-1/files:lib/
/var/lib/pacman/local/nvidia-295.59-1/files:lib/modules/
/var/lib/pacman/local/nvidia-295.59-1/files:lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-ARCH/
/var/lib/pacman/local/nvidia-295.59-1/files:lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-ARCH/nvidia.ko.gz
OK the old package installed files in the wrong place when I downgraded nvidia after the update to /usr/lib.
These packages need rebuilding so as not to include the /lib directory. They can also simply be uninstalled and reinstalled again after upgrading glibc.
So I try to uninstall nvidia and nvidia-utils:
[ronny@htpc ~]$ sudo pacman -Rs nvidia nvidia-utils
Lösenord:
kontrollerar beroenden...
fel: misslyckades att förbereda överföring (kunde inte tillfredställa beroenden)
:: libva: behöver libgl
:: mesa: behöver libgl
:: mplayer: behöver libgl
:: xorg-xdriinfo: behöver libgl
OK then uninstall these packages as well...
[ronny@htpc ~]$ sudo pacman -Rs nvidia nvidia-utils libva mesa mplayer xorg-xdriinfo
kontrollerar beroenden...
fel: misslyckades att förbereda överföring (kunde inte tillfredställa beroenden)
:: ffmpeg: behöver libva
:: freeglut: behöver mesa
:: glew: behöver mesa
:: gnome-mplayer: behöver mplayer
:: vdpau-video: behöver libva
:: xbmc: behöver libva
:: xorg-utils: behöver xorg-xdriinfo
and I get even more dependency problems.. I am a little bit new on this but do I need to reinstall almost everything just to uninstall a video driver? I just want to replace the old driver with the new one...
I think I need a hint of how to solve my problem. Perhaps this thread belongs somewhere else in the forum?
Last edited by ronnylov (2012-07-17 11:01:31)

How to cancel autostart program settings in Lion?

my issue may be deeper as Lion has really messed up so many of my programs. tons of little issues and few big ones. but anyway. whenever i log in, mail, itues and safari auto open...even if i don't check the box asking if i want programs to autostart when i log out. I have tried deselecting "restore windows when quitting and re-opening aps" the problem is that i can't save this option. I deselect the item and then close the window, but when i open it up it is selected again. is this an issue or am i missing a way to save this selection.
also tried looking at login items under my user in User and groups. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

You might look at this: Managing Mac OS X Lion's application resume feature. You could also check out RestoreMeNot and Application St... which can help fix the issue.

[SOLVED] Openbox Autostarting only some programs

Ok, so I've tried searching the forums and either cannot find the one that answers my question or it doesn't exist. Either way, I have my openbox autostart script set up like this:
xcompmgr &
nitrogen --restore &
yakuake &
cairo-dock &
The file is saved as ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh Only cairo dock and yakuake start up at the start of the openbox session. The cairo dock has the black box around it from xcompmgr not being run but then if i manually start it in a terminal with "xcompmgr" then it goes away like it should. So xcompmgr won't autostart and nitrogen won't restore either. Nitrogen works if I manually do it after the openbox session has begun but only stays while i'm logged in, no restoring upon next login. I'm trying to figure out if I have some syntax wrong? I've tried separating the xcompmgr as far away from the cairo dock to give it more time to load but nothing...any help would be very appreciated.
other info: I have no DE, just the dock, openbox and nitrogen for my desktop.
Last edited by DonTonberry (2012-10-05 00:48:00)

did as you said 2ManyDogs and received this:
~]$ ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
/home/tonberry/.config/openbox/autostart.sh: line 3: $'\357\273\277nitrogen': command not found
/home/tonberry/.config/openbox/autostart.sh: line 1: $'\357\273\277xcompmgr': command not found
[tonberry@knife ~]$ QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
Yakuake is already running, opening window....
============================================================================
Cairo-Dock version : 3.0.2
Compiled date : Jul 16 2012 19:29:57
Built with GTK : 3.4
Running with OpenGL: 1
============================================================================
CairoKeyBinding '<Super>L' failed!
warning : (/tmp/yaourt-tmp-arch/aur-cairo-dock/src/cairo-dock-3.0.2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:283)
Couldn't bind '<Super>L' (Log out: Lock the screen)
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
CairoKeyBinding '<Control>F12' failed!
warning : (/tmp/yaourt-tmp-arch/aur-cairo-dock/src/cairo-dock-3.0.2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:283)
Couldn't bind '<Control>F12' (Log out: Show the log-out menu)
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
CairoKeyBinding '<Control>Return' failed!
warning : (/tmp/yaourt-tmp-arch/aur-cairo-dock/src/cairo-dock-3.0.2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:283)
Couldn't bind '<Control>Return' (Scooby-Do: Enable/disable the Finder)
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
CairoKeyBinding '<Super>Return' failed!
warning : (/tmp/yaourt-tmp-arch/aur-cairo-dock/src/cairo-dock-3.0.2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:283)
Couldn't bind '<Super>Return' (Control from keyboard: Enable/disable the keyboard control of the dock)
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
CairoKeyBinding '<Shift><Ctrl>F4' failed!
warning : (/tmp/yaourt-tmp-arch/aur-cairo-dock/src/cairo-dock-3.0.2/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:cd_keybinder_bind:283)
Couldn't bind '<Shift><Ctrl>F4' (Show Desktop: Expose all the desktops)
This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application

Font problem in applications like dmenu and dzen

With urxvt, I can use DejaVu Sans Mono at 16 pixel without any problems, but when I use dmenu or dzen (the problem may not be directly related to those) the font looks strange; it looks like the correct font, but xfontsel revealed that the font can be used but apparently only at 17 pixel and beeing italic. Any idea how that can be solved?

Ignore what xfontsel says. Try the following:
echo "Archlinux is the best!" | dzen2 -fn '-*-dejavu sans-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1' -p
Adjust pixelsize to your liking.
Last edited by Ashren (2008-05-26 05:59:40)

SOLVED:Dmenu not launching correctly in Xmonad

I am running xmonad and I am having issues getting the dmenu_run to execute properly. It was working fine before but now it just launches with a white bar and nothing autocompletes. I am running Xmonad 0.9.2-2.1 and dmenu 4.4-1. Here is my entry in xmonad.hs:
, ((modMask, xK_p ), spawn "dmenu_run | dmenu -b")
Also, here is my entire xmonad.hs:
import XMonad hiding (Tall)
import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageHelpers
import XMonad.Layout.HintedTile
import XMonad.Layout.LayoutHints (layoutHints)
import XMonad.Prompt
import XMonad.Prompt.Shell
import XMonad.Util.Run(spawnPipe)
import System.Exit
import System.IO
import Data.Monoid
import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W
import qualified Data.Map as M
myBorderWidth = 1
main = do
xmproc <- spawnPipe "/usr/bin/xmobar /home/comhack/.xmobarcc"
xmonad $ defaultConfig {
terminal = "urxvt",
modMask = mod1Mask,
workspaces = ["Net", "Chat", "Work", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"],
normalBorderColor = "#000000",
focusedBorderColor = "#838B8B",
manageHook = composeOne [isFullscreen -?> doFullFloat],
borderWidth = myBorderWidth,
keys = myKeys,
focusFollowsMouse = True,
layoutHook = myLayout,
logHook = dynamicLogWithPP $ xmobarPP
{ ppOutput = hPutStrLn xmproc,
ppTitle = xmobarColor "green" "" . shorten 60,
ppHiddenNoWindows = xmobarColor "grey" ""
myKeys conf@(XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modMask}) = M.fromList $
[ ((modMask , xK_Return ), spawn $ XMonad.terminal conf)
, ((modm , xK_backslash ), spawn “amixer -q set Master toggle”)
, ((modm , xK_minus ), spawn “amixer -q set Master 3- unmute”)
, ((modm , xK_equal ), spawn “amixer -q set Master 3+ unmute”)
, ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_c ), kill)
, ((modMask , xK_space ), sendMessage NextLayout)
, ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_space ), setLayout $ XMonad.layoutHook conf)
, ((modMask , xK_n ), refresh)
, ((modMask, xK_p ), spawn "dmenu_run | dmenu -b")
, ((modMask , xK_Tab ), windows W.focusDown)
, ((modMask , xK_j ), windows W.focusDown)
, ((modMask , xK_k ), windows W.focusUp)
, ((modMask , xK_m ), windows W.focusMaster)
, ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_Return ), windows W.swapMaster)
, ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_j ), windows W.swapDown)
, ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_k ), windows W.swapUp)
, ((modMask , xK_h ), sendMessage Shrink)
, ((modMask , xK_l ), sendMessage Expand)
, ((modMask , xK_t ), withFocused $ windows . W.sink)
, ((modMask , xK_comma ), sendMessage (IncMasterN 1))
, ((modMask , xK_period ), sendMessage (IncMasterN (-1)))
, ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_q ), io (exitWith ExitSuccess))
, ((modMask , xK_q ), spawn "xmonad --recompile")
, ((modMask , xK_F2 ), shellPrompt defaultXPConfig)
, ((0 , 0x1008ff30 ), shellPrompt defaultXPConfig)
, ((0 , 0x1008ff13 ), spawn "amixer -q set Master 2dB+")
, ((0 , 0x1008ff11 ), spawn "amixer -q set Master 2dB-")
, ((0 , 0x1008ff12 ), spawn "amixer -q set Master toggle")
, ((0 , 0x1008ff16 ), spawn "cmus-remote --prev")
, ((0 , 0x1008ff17 ), spawn "cmus-remote --next")
, ((0 , 0x1008ff14 ), spawn "cmus-remote --pause")
, ((0 , 0x1008ff5b ), spawn "urxvt -e screen -rd cmus")
, ((modMask , xK_Print ), spawn "scrot -e 'mv $f ~/Screenshots'")
++
[((m .|. modMask, k), windows $ f i)
| (i, k) <- zip (XMonad.workspaces conf) [xK_1 .. xK_9]
, (f, m) <- [(W.greedyView, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
++
[((m .|. modMask, key), screenWorkspace sc >>= flip whenJust (windows . f))
| (key, sc) <- zip [xK_w, xK_e, xK_r] [0..]
, (f, m) <- [(W.view, 0), (W.shift, shiftMask)]]
myLayout = avoidStruts $ tiled ||| wideTiled ||| Full
where
tiled = HintedTile nmaster delta ratio Center Tall
wideTiled = HintedTile nmaster delta ratio Center Wide
nmaster = 1
ratio = 1/2
delta = 3/100
It was working fine before so I am thinking that it must of been an update or something. If I run the command in a terminal, it works just fine. So it has to be the syntax or something. This works perfectly:
dmenu_run | dmenu -b
Any ideas?
Last edited by securitybreach (2011-08-08 03:07:25)

Obscaenvs wrote:
I don't think it's an actual bug; it's just updated syntax. For me, this solved the issue:
In my xmonad.hs, I _had_ the line
, ((modm, xK_p ), spawn "exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu` && eval \"exec $exe\"")
I changed this to use dmenu_run instead and not piping to dmenu:
, ((modm, xK_p ), spawn "exe=`dmenu_run` && eval \"exec $exe\"")
A recompile is necessary for this to take effect. One of you did not have to recompile, but that was most likely because the downgraded dmenu understood the old syntax.
Now it works...YMMV.
EDIT: I see now that user "securitybreach" uses "dmenu_run" already... Try not piping the command; when I did this, I got two instances of Dmenu running: one with all the executables in path as usual, and one blank.
There are people having issues with dmenu using other window managers besides XMonad, so that is not the same issue. Not to mention, that my spawn of dmenu is WAY less complicated than that, and I am still getting the issue (before downgrade).

Dmenu autostart.

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