Startup Script

[UberNoob]

Hey folks-
There's probably a thread out there already (that the UberNoob cant find) that could answer this but...

Where is the script (or autoexec.bat equivalent) that launches stuff like freemem and blinky on startup?

@all Thanks again for your patience!

[dejan555]

I believe those apps are launched from /root/.xinitrc
Also, you can put any script in /root/Startup that you want to run on X start.
One of the first scripts that's executed before starting X server is in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and some other scripts are called by it afterwards.

[UberNoob]

Thanks Dejan555 for much useful info that will no doubt come in handy!

What I hope to do at this point is prevent freemem from starting

[npierce]

If you are running JWM on Puppy 4.3.1, have a look at /root/.jwmrc-tray .

[dejan555]

Oh right that's it, jwm has <Swallow></Swallow> tag for such applets as freememapplet must be there.

[UberNoob]

Yes, I did that. But if JWM doesn't "swallow" it, it simply appears in its own teeny-tiny X window. I'm trying to stop it from being executed in the first place.

[npierce]

When these lines are removed from /root/.jwmrc-tray:

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                <Swallow name="freememapplet" width="34">                       
                        freememappletshell                                      
                </Swallow>   

freememapplet is no longer started when JWM is restarted. The reason that it appears in its own window when you restart JWM is because it is already running.

For me, when I restart the X server, freememapplet is then killed and does not reappear.

[UberNoob]

Beautiful!

Thank you both for your patience and expertise

[npierce]

You are welcome. Glad it worked for you.