Openbox 2 issues

Hello,
I have in my autostart.sh file sth like this
wicd-gtk &
tint2 &
start-pulseaudio-x11 &
kupfer &
nitrogen --restore &
And the problem is that kupfer and wicd are opened twice when I log in. I check and in Kupfer I disable option to auto start in wicd-gtk I can't find option to set auto start. Nitrogen set properly wallpaper and after1 second it is turned to blue colour. I need to type again nitroge --restore & to set correct wallpaper. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

Actually, at least with stalonetray which I use, wicd-gtk doesn't need to be in the autostart file to have the icon in the panel, just put wicd in the daemons in /etc/rc.conf.
The blue screen appeared for me yesterday after updates. If only I could remember WHICH updates. Conky, stalonetray, transparency etc work, just nitrogen doesn't load wallpaper automatically except for a second. Also I THINK some screen fonts have changed (firefox, folder and file titles in thunar). It's not the nitrogen autostart because the blue screen appeared when I removed it from autostart.sh.
Can't find anything indicating problems in the xorg log or in .xsession-errors...
Last edited by ELWisty (2011-05-07 08:47:25)

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Last edited by jaideep_jdof (2011-01-31 11:00:05)

Try adding them to .bash_profile. I think .bashrc is only read when launching a shell.
Edit .bash_profile, then log out and log back in to test it.
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https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/1343
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1. Can you still have auto-mount feature like in gnome when I put in a cd or a thumbdrive and it mounts and has a icon in my thunar or nautilus file manager. This isn't working for me in openbox.
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