Starting "beryl-manager" at login

Chris kubuntu at eportel.com
Wed Jun 27 21:37:31 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 16:30 -0400, Chris wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 07:07 -0700, John L Fjellstad wrote: 
> > Chris <kubuntu at eportel.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Ok well I see the option when I login...but it doesn't actually start
> > > the "beryl-manager".  
> > > I added the first file in the .kde/Autostart by navigating to it in the
> > > GUI not the terminal I created this file by right mouse clicking and
> > > choosing "create new text file....does it matter?
> > > Here is the contents of that file.
> > >
> > >  
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > >
> > > if [ $DESKTOP_SESSION == "beryl-kde" ]; then
> > >         /usr/bin/beryl-manager
> > > fi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The saved name of this file within the Autostart folder is "beryl.sh"
> > 
> > Make sure this file is executable.  If you use the GUI, just right click
> > on it and look at the Properties for the file.  Make sure that under
> > Permissions tab, the is executable is selected.
> > 
> > >
> > > The other file is located in usr/share/xsessions and is named
> > > "beryl-kde.desktop".  This file contains:
> > >
> > >
> > > [Desktop Entry]
> > > Encoding=UTF-8
> > > Name=Beryl-KDE
> > > Comment=This session starts KDE using beryl as window manager
> > > Exec=/usr/bin/startkde
> > > Icon=
> > > Type=Application
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is this correct, or should the "Exec=/usr/bin/startkde" be something
> > > else?
> > 
> > No, it should be startkde
> > 
> > Do you get the diamond in the system tray?  If so, you have to tell
> > beryl manager to use the beryl window manager and not kwin (the KDE
> > windows manager).  
> > 
> > Do you see any difference?  What happens when you try to run
> > beryl-manager manually?  Open a terminal, and just type beryl-manager.
> > Does it print any error messages on the terminal?  Does it work?
> > 
> > -- 
> > John L. Fjellstad
> > web: http://www.fjellstad.org/          Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
> > 
Thanks John for your efforts,
No the Beryl icon is not in the tray..and yet when I run it from command
it runs find. 

There are no errors when starting Beryl from the command line. It works
fine. 

John is the last line of the Autostart file "beryl.sh" suppose to be
"fi"?

Thanks Chris
> 





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