[Solved] Trouble running script at Fluxbox startup

I'm trying to execute a script which runs as ~/.left in the terminal. it runs xrandr commands and works perfectly after fluxbox has started. so i figure it needs to run after fluxbox in the startup script, so i looked at the wiki and found the format for starting an app after fluxbox:
fluxbox &
fbpid=$
sleep 4
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# ipager &
# gkrellm2 &
exec ~/.left &
i've tried ~/.left, ~/.left &, exec ~/.left, and the above (also substituted /home/elias/ for ~ just for fun). the number after sleep is the time after fluxbox has started until it runs the commands. i've tried 4 so I would have plenty of time to see if anything happened.
ideas? answers? Thanks in advance
Last edited by pw_f100_220 (2010-01-10 19:52:22)

FIGURED IT OUT
I stuck "exec xterm &" in .fluxbox/startup, and it didn't run. that should have worked, so I figured the file wasn't even involved in the startup process. so i did some diggin:
I use startx which invokes .xinitrc which ran exec fluxbox which DOES NOT read .fluxbox/startup. now .xinitrc reads "exec startfluxbox"
AKA .fluxbox/startup wasn't being read at all! Now it is! And it's beautiful! I've learned to do more exploring into what runs/is run by what.
Thanks for the responses!
Last edited by pw_f100_220 (2010-01-10 19:54:26)

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