• From: lower Alabama
  • Registered: 2010-08-12
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Topic: [solved]panel config file other than autostart.sh

Is there a config file that starts panels besides /.config/xfce4/autostart.sh?

The reason that I ask is that I think I remember editing one so I could have the panel as well as tint2. I can't remember which file it was and my searching  is not too productive. I should have bookmarked it when I did it.

Before autostart.sh runs the panel shows up and then autostart.sh kills it and loads tint2. The way I have it now is that the panel comes back after autostart.sh runs. I have been scratching my head and searching the forum to come up with the other file that I edited to get the panel to show up again. I don't use the panel so I would like to get rid of it. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Last edited by houndhen (2010-09-27 11:09:26)

Thanks,
Harold
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  • luc
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  • Registered: 2010-03-21
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Re: [solved]panel config file other than autostart.sh

you can try to find the config file (if it is in your home folder) with the command

grep -n "panel_name" ~/.*

where panel_name should be the command you use to start the panel. this can work in any directory where you have read permission. so if you cant find anything in ~ you try searching other places. (where?)
luc

Last edited by luc (2010-09-27 05:27:10)

  • From: lower Alabama
  • Registered: 2010-08-12
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Re: [solved]panel config file other than autostart.sh

Thanks, luc. I have no idea what the file name was. I am pretty sure that the file that I edited was not in my home folder. I will just have to keep looking and searching. I will mark this as solved.

Thanks,
Harold
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  • From: Nagoya, Japan
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Re: [solved]panel config file other than autostart.sh

The xfce panel startup comes from the default xfce config file: /etc/xdg/xfce4/xconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml
You can modify its behaviour by editing:  ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml
See this thread: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … -of-ideas/
It's not so simple unfortunately neutral

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  • From: lower Alabama
  • Registered: 2010-08-12
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Re: [solved]panel config file other than autostart.sh

Thanks, John. That may be what I edited before. I subscribed to the link you gave so I can get back to it.

Thanks,
Harold
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  • From: lower Alabama
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Re: [solved]panel config file other than autostart.sh

FYI for anyone that might be following this post.....
I finally found that I had indeed edited 'autostart.sh'. I had left the:

if [ "$(pidof xfce4-panel)" ]; then
    killall xfce4-panel &
    tint2 &
else
    tint2 &
fi

in place and went down to just above exit and put in:

##start xfce panel
(sleep 3s && xfce4-panel) &

and this allowed both tint2 and panel to load on startup.

Thanks,
Harold
Crunchbang Statler 32bit Xfce