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Since trying Mint fluxbox ce I have really taken a liking to Fluxbox, so much so that I installed it as a alternative desktop manager on my Mint main edition. It works perfectly except for one small flaw - Conky won't autostart. The .conkyrc files on the two installations are identical and the .fluxbox/startup files on the two installations are likewise the same and yet on the CE edition Conky always autostarts whereas on the Main edition with Fluxbox window manager it doesn't. I even tried putting after at the end of the startup file as I read that conky needs to start after fluxbox, but that made no difference it still doesn't start.

If I start it manually it is fine.

Any ideas why?

Are you saying your ~/.conkyrc and ~/.fluxbox/startup share the same code?

EDIT: oops, I re-read your post, misunderstood the problem. I see, that's odd if both are exactly the same - the information below, you probably already know. Maybe you can post ~/.fluxbox/startup.

You should just be putting in ~/.fluxbox/startup, perhaps with a sleep command to make sure the desktop is loaded first

proxima_centauri wrote:Are you saying your ~/.conkyrc and ~/.fluxbox/startup share the same code?

EDIT: oops, I re-read your post, misunderstood the problem. I see, that's odd if both are exactly the same - the information below, you probably already know. Maybe you can post ~/.fluxbox/startup.

You should just be putting

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conky &

in ~/.fluxbox/startup, perhaps with a sleep command to make sure the desktop is loaded first

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sleep 2 && conky &

That is a very good thought my friend but unfortunately it is not the answer, it still doesn't start.

I will edit the original post so that it reads a bit more clearly.

I would try putting before
exec fluxbox

proxima_centauri wrote:I would try putting

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sleep 10 && conky &

before
exec fluxbox

ACE!!

That works.

Thank you so much proxima_centauri

I thought it would be something like that but I just didn't guess the right format.