Torsmo.

Aynjell · Veteran Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1117

Torsmo is a really nice program. In fact the only thing that could make it nicer is loading it at the start of X automatically. It did not work to put it in local.start. the command to run torsmo is torsmo. It is as simple as that. How do I make my box run torsmo when I start x?
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tarzan420 · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 7:35 pm Post subject:

how are you starting x?

using startx or xdm:
put "torsmo -d" into your .xsession of .xinit file (probably before you start your wm)
if you are using entrance, the above should work, if you use the "default" session

Using other login managers (gdm,kdm):
I don't know.
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Aynjell · Veteran Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1117

Well, thanks for your help.
To be honest it did not get me anywhere. I ended up looking for .xinit but it was not there. The only thing close to anything you told me about was .xsession-errors. Anyway as I was looking I found out how to solve the problem. In .kde there is a folder called Autostart. By placing a copy of the torsmo binary there, it loaded the program at the start up of X, just like I wanted it to.
Maybe this info will come in handy for somebody else though. Thank you for trying, if it were not for you input I wiould not have found .kde/Autostart....
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frodoontop · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 86

If you login directly via startx command and not via some graphical login you can create a .xinitrc file in your home directory. This should basically contain the line that starts up the window manager, for instance startkde or startxfce4. You can also load additional programs, for instance imwheel for a 5-button mouse. Only the last command needs an exec prefix. All other commands need an & after it.

.xinitrc example:
torsmo &
exec startkde
#exec fluxbox
#exec icewm
#exec startxfce4