[SOLVED] Openbox autostart no longer working since upgrade

Question

After the upgrade on May 14 2013 my autostart file no longer works. I tried renaming my autostart.sh to just autostart no luck. There is nothing wrong with the autostart file as I can run it manually and it will load all my apps. Also, if I cd to  /usr/lib/openbox/ and run openbox-autostart directly it works. Here are the updated packages:
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded ethtool (1:3.8-1 -> 1:3.9-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded firefox (20.0.1-5 -> 21.0-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded gsettings-desktop-schemas (3.8.0-1 -> 3.8.2-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded glib-networking (2.36.1-1 -> 2.36.2-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded gnome-icon-theme-symbolic (3.8.0.1-2 -> 3.8.2.2-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded gnome-icon-theme (3.8.0-1 -> 3.8.2-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded gnupg (2.0.19-7 -> 2.0.20-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded gtkmm (2.24.2-2 -> 2.24.3-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded gvfs (1.16.1-2 -> 1.16.2-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded libical (0.48-1 -> 1.0-2)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded mplayer (35920-2 -> 35920-3)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded orage (4.8.4-1 -> 4.8.4-2)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded pango (1.34.0-1 -> 1.34.1-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded pdnsd (1.2.9.a-1 -> 1.2.9.a-2)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-distribute (0.6.38-1 -> 0.6.39-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-zope-interface (4.0.3-1 -> 4.0.5-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded sudo (1.8.6.p8-1 -> 1.8.6.p8-2)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded thunderbird (17.0.5-2 -> 17.0.6-1)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded virtualbox (4.2.12-2 -> 4.2.12-3)
[2013-05-14 21:34] [PACMAN] upgraded vte-common (0.34.4-1 -> 0.34.5-1)
[2013-05-14 21:35] [PACMAN] upgraded python3-threaded_servers (2013.5.12.3-1 -> 2013.5.14.1-1)
Not sure what's going on or what could have caused it. My .xinitrc looks like this:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
export BROWSER="chromium"
# Start GNOME Keyring
eval $(/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --components=gpg,pkcs11,secrets,ssh)
# You probably need to do this too:
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
export GPG_AGENT_INFO
export GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL
export GNOME_KEYRING_PID
exec openbox-session
My .zprofile
[[ -z $DISPLAY && $XDG_VTNR -eq 1 ]] && startx &> ~/.xlog
My systemd startup service:
# This file is part of systemd.
# systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
[Unit]
Description=Getty on %I
Documentation=man:agetty(8) man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
Documentation=http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html
After=systemd-user-sessions.service plymouth-quit-wait.service
After=rc-local.service
# If additional gettys are spawned during boot then we should make
# sure that this is synchronized before getty.target, even though
# getty.target didn't actually pull it in.
Before=getty.target
IgnoreOnIsolate=yes
# On systems without virtual consoles, don't start any getty. (Note
# that serial gettys are covered by [email protected], not this
# unit
ConditionPathExists=/dev/tty0
[Service]
# the VT is cleared by TTYVTDisallocate
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -a dodo3773 %I 38400
Type=simple
#Restart=always
#RestartSec=0
UtmpIdentifier=%I
TTYPath=/dev/%I
TTYReset=no
TTYVHangup=no
TTYVTDisallocate=no
KillMode=process
IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
# Unset locale for the console getty since the console has problems
# displaying some internationalized messages.
Environment=LANG= LANGUAGE= LC_CTYPE= LC_NUMERIC= LC_TIME= LC_COLLATE= LC_MONETARY= LC_MESSAGES= LC_PAPER= LC_NAME= LC_ADDRESS= LC_TELEPHONE= LC_MEASUREMENT= LC_IDENTIFICATION=
# Some login implementations ignore SIGTERM, so we send SIGHUP
# instead, to ensure that login terminates cleanly.
KillSignal=SIGHUP
[Install]
WantedBy=getty.target
Edit: I tried switching to bash in a tty and then just startx but that doesn't help either.
Edit2: To be clear openbox does load a desktop. The autostart scripts at ~/.config/openbox/ just don't run. Thanks.
Edit3: I decided to run the command issued in openbox-session and added --debug to it. Here is the output of "xinit /usr/bin/openbox --debug --startup "/usr/lib/openbox/openbox-autostart OPENBOX" "$@" -- :1 -nolisten tcp" :
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
Build Date: 17 April 2013 02:37:06PM
Current version of pixman: 0.30.0
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Fri May 17 08:14:11 2013
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
setversion 1.4 failed
Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
Initializing built-in extension XTEST
Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
Initializing built-in extension SYNC
Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
Initializing built-in extension RENDER
Initializing built-in extension RANDR
Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
Initializing built-in extension RECORD
Initializing built-in extension DPMS
Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
Initializing built-in extension XVideo
Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
Initializing built-in extension DRI2
Loading extension GLX
Loading extension NV-GLX
Loading extension NV-CONTROL
Loading extension XINERAMA
setversion 1.4 failed
Openbox-Debug: --startup /usr/lib/openbox/openbox-autostart OPENBOX
Openbox-Debug: Moving to desktop 1
Openbox-Debug: not managing override redirect window 0x4000bb
which: no hsetroot in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/android-sdk/platform-tools:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/dodo3773/Documents/Scripts:/home/dodo3773/Documents/Scripts)
which: no esetroot in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/android-sdk/platform-tools:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/dodo3773/Documents/Scripts:/home/dodo3773/Documents/Scripts)
which: no xsetroot in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/android-sdk/platform-tools:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/dodo3773/Documents/Scripts:/home/dodo3773/Documents/Scripts)
kupfer: Reading from stdin
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Compat map for group 2 redefined
> Using new definition
> Warning: Compat map for group 3 redefined
> Using new definition
> Warning: Compat map for group 4 redefined
> Using new definition
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Openbox-Debug: Caught signal 22. Ignoring.
Openbox-Debug: UPDATE DESKTOP NAMES
Openbox-Debug: Keyboard map changed. Reloading keyboard bindings.
Edit4: Removed everything from /etc/xdg/autostart and ~/.config/autostart/ directories. That didn't work.
Edit5: Tried installing xorg-xsetroot to let openbox set the color of the wallpaper. That didn't work.
Edit6: Checked the output of "loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID" to make sure that wasn't the issue. Looks okay to me:
Id=1
Timestamp=Fri 2013-05-17 10:25:53 PDT
TimestampMonotonic=13650783
DefaultControlGroup=systemd:/user/1000.user/1.session
VTNr=1
TTY=tty1
Remote=no
Service=login
Leader=405
Audit=1
Type=tty
Class=user
Active=yes
State=active
KillProcesses=no
IdleHint=no
IdleSinceHint=1368811547544203
IdleSinceHintMonotonic=7545641
Name=dodo3773
Edit7: Tried installing xorg-xrdb thinking maybe that would help and did todays updates. No luck yet.
Edit8: Kupfer still loads even though nothing else does. So I uninstalled kupfer. Same thing though. No autostart.
Edit9: Tried booting into repo kernel instead of ck kernel. Didn't work.
Last edited by dodo3773 (2013-05-19 06:34:44)

Answer 1

WonderWoofy wrote:Interestingly, of all those things you included in your post, you forgot to include the autostart script itself.  What does that look like?
Well, since it worked fine even when called indirectly through openbox-autostart and since it's worked fine for months I figured it was fine. I am happy to post it though. Here you go:
feh --bg-scale /home/dodo3773/Pictures/blacksolid.png &
xfce4-panel &
numlockx &
keepassx -lock &
kupfer --no-splash &
~/Documents/Scripts/startupopen.sh &
sleep 30 && sudo /usr/bin/ntpd -qg &
sudo /usr/sbin/ethtool -K eth0 rx off &
~/Documents/Scripts/conky.sh &
sudo /home/dodo3773/Documents/Scripts/temp_throttlenew > /dev/null 2>&1 &
Here are the external scripts that are called (startupopen.sh and temp_throttlenew):
startupopen.sh
#! /bin/bash
sleep 13
chromium &
thunderbird &
sleep 20
devilspie -a &
sleep 7
pkill devilspie &
exit
temp_throttlenew
#!/bin/bash
# temp_throttle.sh max_temp
# USE CELSIUS TEMPERATURES.
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
#if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
# If temperature wasn't given, then print a message and exit.
# echo "Please supply a maximum desired temperature in Celsius." 1>&2
# echo "For example: ${0} 60" 1>&2
# exit 2
#else
#Set the first argument as the maximum desired temperature.
MAX_TEMP=85
#fi
# The frequency will increase when low temperature is reached.
let LOW_TEMP=$MAX_TEMP-5
CORES=$(nproc) # Get number of CPU cores.
echo -e "Number of CPU cores detected: $CORES\n"
# Temperatures internally are calculated to the thousandth.
MAX_TEMP=${MAX_TEMP}000
LOW_TEMP=${LOW_TEMP}000
# FREQ_LIST is a list (array) of all available cpu frequencies the system allows.
declare -a FREQ_LIST=($(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies))
# CURRENT_FREQ relates to the FREQ_LIST by keeping record of the currently set frequency.
let CURRENT_FREQ=1
function set_freq {
echo ${FREQ_LIST[$1]}
cpupower frequency-set -g "ondemand" -d "800MHz" -u ${FREQ_LIST[$1]}
function throttle {
if [ $CURRENT_FREQ -ne $((${#FREQ_LIST[@]}-1)) ]; then
let CURRENT_FREQ+=1
echo -n "throttle "
set_freq $CURRENT_FREQ
fi
function unthrottle {
if [ $CURRENT_FREQ -ne 0 ]; then
let CURRENT_FREQ-=1
echo -n "unthrottle "
set_freq $CURRENT_FREQ
fi
function get_temp {
# Get the system temperature.
# If one of these doesn't work, the try uncommenting another.
TEMP=$(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp)
#TEMP=$(cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/temp1_input)
#TEMP=$(cat /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon1/device/temp1_input)
while true; do
get_temp
if [ $TEMP -gt $MAX_TEMP ]; then # Throttle if too hot.
throttle
elif [ $TEMP -le $LOW_TEMP ]; then # Unthrottle if cool.
unthrottle
fi
sleep 3
done
Stuff that needs sudo is in my sudoers as "username hostname NOPASSWD: item1,item2,etc,etc". Nothing too exciting. Seems like if there was suddenly something wrong with my autostart file at least some of the stuff would run either way though cause of "&". Pretty puzzling this issue is.