Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Tue 27 Sep 2016 at 12:05:37 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 04:52:34PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > You need a ~/.xsession file when you need a ~/.xsession file. Isn't it > > one purpose of the wiki to explain how it fits into the traditional X > > configuration and why one

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 04:52:34PM +0100, Brian wrote: > You need a ~/.xsession file when you need a ~/.xsession file. Isn't it > one purpose of the wiki to explain how it fits into the traditional X > configuration and why one might be useful. Instead, we appear to have > ~/.xsessionrc promoted

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Tue 27 Sep 2016 at 10:29:44 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 03:15:54PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > Ok, let's go along with ~/.xsessionrc being the simplest way for a user > > to configure his X session. I'll follow the advice on the wiki and have > > > > PATH=~/bin:$PATH >

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 03:15:54PM +0100, Brian wrote: > Ok, let's go along with ~/.xsessionrc being the simplest way for a user > to configure his X session. I'll follow the advice on the wiki and have > > PATH=~/bin:$PATH > xterm & > iceweasel & > exec fvwm No, this is not what I

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Mon 26 Sep 2016 at 17:44:17 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:19:27PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > But now we have > > > > > User configuration may be done in a few different ways. The simplest > > > way is to create a ~/.xsessionrc file,. > > > > The pedantic side of

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 05:58:59PM -0400, Neal P. Murphy wrote: > A semantic observation (probably unrelated to the aforementioned editing): > "... dot in ..." might be more clearly stated as "... source ( or '.') in > ..." because the action is to source the script into the current shell (thus >

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:46:07PM -0700, Seeker wrote: > It's possible that something changed with gdm3 after I stopped using it, > or that it's been long enough I just don't remember, but I don't > remember any of these in recent years using the .xsession file if you > use a session other

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 9/26/2016 2:44 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:19:27PM +0100, Brian wrote: But now we have > User configuration may be done in a few different ways. The simplest > way is to create a ~/.xsessionrc file,. The pedantic side of me asks - why is it the simplest way?

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 22:19:27 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sun 25 Sep 2016 at 18:55:03 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > The existence of ~/.xessionrc appears to cause more problems than it > > purportedly solves. > > And it still won't lie down and die. It is determined to take over

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:19:27PM +0100, Brian wrote: > But now we have > > > User configuration may be done in a few different ways. The simplest > > way is to create a ~/.xsessionrc file,. > > The pedantic side of me asks - why is it the simplest way? And in what > cirumstances?

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Sun 25 Sep 2016 at 18:55:03 +0100, Brian wrote: > The existence of ~/.xessionrc appears to cause more problems than it > purportedly solves. And it still won't lie down and die. It is determined to take over the traditional role of ~/.xsession and prove its worth. However, kudos for the

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Sat 24 Sep 2016 at 20:38:50 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Fri 23 Sep 2016 at 17:36:11 +0100, Brian wrote: > > I don't think I shall be pointing a user to this wiki page in its > present state. ~/.xessionrc as the primary file for configuring startup of X is not only not necessary but has a

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Fri 23 Sep 2016 at 17:36:11 +0100, Brian wrote: > ~/.xsessionrc was introduced in 2007 in response to a perceived problem. > If the choice of DE (or WM) and terminal is left in the care of the > system's x-session-manager, x-window-manager and x-terminal-emulator > nothing need be put in

Re: Resolved: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 9/23/2016 10:28 AM, Brian wrote: On Fri 23 Sep 2016 at 10:07:43 -0700, Seeker wrote: On 9/22/2016 6:18 PM, Seeker wrote: In spite of the existence of 60xprofile and the fact that '~/.xprofile' did get sourced in the ast, I'm not finding any information on when you might expect

Re: Resolved: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Fri 23 Sep 2016 at 10:07:43 -0700, Seeker wrote: > On 9/22/2016 6:18 PM, Seeker wrote: > >On 9/22/2016 10:45 AM, Brian wrote: > >>On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 12:10:35 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> > >>>On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 09:00:11AM -0700, Seeker wrote: > A little late, but personally I

Re: Resolved: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 9/22/2016 6:18 PM, Seeker wrote: On 9/22/2016 10:45 AM, Brian wrote: On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 12:10:35 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 09:00:11AM -0700, Seeker wrote: A little late, but personally I would have tried using '~/.xprofile' first. I believe the information

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 16:19:26 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > I've edited https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM and written > https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession from scratch. I hope this helps other > people who were as lost and confused as I was. > > If you're still wondering what kind of documentation

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:31:20AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > It makes a big difference for remote applications, since they will see the > > .Xresources from the server but the .Xdefaults from the client. Forgot to say that

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 08:57:18AM +, Curt wrote: [...] > Nicolas Georges gave some interesting information once when I said that > .Xdefaults was "deprecated" concerning what is read by what where and > why (went over my head, of course). > >

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 2016-09-22, Dominic Knight wrote: > On Thu, 2016-09-22 at 16:19 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> I've edited https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM and written >> https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession from scratch.  I hope this helps >> other >> people who were as lost and confused as

Re: Resolved: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 9/22/2016 10:45 AM, Brian wrote: On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 12:10:35 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 09:00:11AM -0700, Seeker wrote: A little late, but personally I would have tried using '~/.xprofile' first. I believe the information about this from the Arch Wiki applies

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu, 2016-09-22 at 16:19 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > I've edited https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM and written > https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession from scratch.  I hope this helps > other > people who were as lost and confused as I was. > > If you're still wondering what kind of documentation I

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

I've edited https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM and written https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession from scratch. I hope this helps other people who were as lost and confused as I was. If you're still wondering what kind of documentation I was looking for, you may use https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession as

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 09:11:53 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:19:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > But I don't understand the concept of "user configuration" for a DM. > > Wouldn't that be like a user configuring /etc/issue, the login prompt > > or /etc/motd ? > > By

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 09:11:53 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:19:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > I'm not a DE or DM user, so I'm know very little about them. > > Yes, THIS is the problem! You, and I, and everyone else on the guru side > are just completely

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu, 2016-09-22 at 10:56 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 03:15:40PM +0100, Tixy wrote: > > I edit ~/.xsessionrc to have a single line: > > > > . /home/tixy/.profile > > [...] how did you learn about it? Reading the debian-user list for many years :-) -- Tixy

Re: Resolved: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 12:10:35 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 09:00:11AM -0700, Seeker wrote: > > A little late, but personally I would have tried using '~/.xprofile' > > first. > > > > I believe the information about this from the Arch Wiki applies equally > > to Debian.

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 16:10:01 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:56:49AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 03:15:40PM +0100, Tixy wrote: > >>I edit ~/.xsessionrc to have a single line: > >> > >>. /home/tixy/.profile > > > >Which program reads

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 9/21/2016 12:07 PM, Anthony Baldwin wrote: On 09/21/2016 11:05 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:49:13AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: it seems that I am using lightdm. I know of absolutely no documentation for configuring lightdm as a user. I suspect that the software

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 09/22/2016 09:59 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 02:50:30PM +0100, Brian wrote: To read the manual apt-get download lightdm works every time. Hmm, well. $ cd /tmp $ apt-get download lightdm $ ls, man dpkg, ... $ dpkg -x lightdm_1.10.3-3_amd64.deb ldm $ gzip -dc

Re: Resolved: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 09:00:11AM -0700, Seeker wrote: > A little late, but personally I would have tried using '~/.xprofile' > first. > > I believe the information about this from the Arch Wiki applies equally > to Debian. > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xprofile wooledg@wooledg:~$

Re: Resolved: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 9/22/2016 8:25 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 09/22/2016 10:15 AM, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2016-09-22 at 09:11 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:19:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: But I don't understand the concept of "user configuration" for a DM. Wouldn't that be like a user

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 10:56:49 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 03:15:40PM +0100, Tixy wrote: > > I edit ~/.xsessionrc to have a single line: > > > > . /home/tixy/.profile > > Which program reads ~/.xsessionrc X. > and how did you

Resolved: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 09/22/2016 10:15 AM, Tixy wrote: On Thu, 2016-09-22 at 09:11 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:19:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: But I don't understand the concept of "user configuration" for a DM. Wouldn't that be like a user configuring /etc/issue, the login prompt

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:56:49AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 03:15:40PM +0100, Tixy wrote: I edit ~/.xsessionrc to have a single line: . /home/tixy/.profile Which program reads ~/.xsessionrc and how did you learn about it? Which man page describes it? Does

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 03:15:40PM +0100, Tixy wrote: > I edit ~/.xsessionrc to have a single line: > > . /home/tixy/.profile Which program reads ~/.xsessionrc and how did you learn about it? Which man page describes it? Does its existence merely "add on" to some system-wide default

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 09:59:07 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 02:50:30PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > To read the manual > > > > apt-get download lightdm > > > > works every time. > > Hmm, well. Worked, didn't it? A two second operation. > $ cd /tmp > $ apt-get download

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu, 2016-09-22 at 09:11 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:19:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > But I don't understand the concept of "user configuration" for a DM. > > Wouldn't that be like a user configuring /etc/issue, the login > prompt > > or /etc/motd ? > > By

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 02:50:30PM +0100, Brian wrote: > To read the manual > > apt-get download lightdm > > works every time. Hmm, well. $ cd /tmp $ apt-get download lightdm $ ls, man dpkg, ... $ dpkg -x lightdm_1.10.3-3_amd64.deb ldm $ gzip -dc ldm/usr/share/man/man1/lightdm.1.gz | nroff

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 09:11:53 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Don't believe me? I know none of us has lightdm installed, so here is > a man page, allegedly from Debian wheezy: > > http://www.unix.com/man-page/debian/1/lightdm/ > > It takes several tries for me even to find *that*, probably

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 09:11:53AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > Don't believe me? I know none of us has lightdm installed, so here is > a man page, allegedly from Debian wheezy: > > http://www.unix.com/man-page/debian/1/lightdm/ > > It

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:19:11PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > But I don't understand the concept of "user configuration" for a DM. > Wouldn't that be like a user configuring /etc/issue, the login prompt > or /etc/motd ? By user configuration, I mean "which files can the user edit, without

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Wed 21 Sep 2016 at 15:07:09 (-0400), Anthony Baldwin wrote: > On 09/21/2016 11:05 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:49:13AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > >>it seems that I am using lightdm. > > > >I know of absolutely no documentation for configuring lightdm as a > >user. I

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 09/21/2016 11:05 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:49:13AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: it seems that I am using lightdm. I know of absolutely no documentation for configuring lightdm as a user. I suspect that the software *has* no user configuration at all, because every

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:49:13AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > it seems that I am using lightdm. I know of absolutely no documentation for configuring lightdm as a user. I suspect that the software *has* no user configuration at all, because every search I've ever done has come up with nothing.

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On 09/21/2016 10:01 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:43:15AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: I have various scripts in $HOME/bin, many of which I have put in my .config/openbox/rc.xml so I can fire them off with a keybinding combo, like How do you login? With a display manager?

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:43:15AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > I have various scripts in $HOME/bin, many of which I have put in my > .config/openbox/rc.xml so I can fire them off with a keybinding combo, like How do you login? With a display manager? Which one? > when I press W-b, and some

Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 09:43:15AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: Greetings, friends, I have various scripts in $HOME/bin, many of which I have put in my .config/openbox/rc.xml so I can fire them off with a keybinding combo, like true bid bid

Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

Greetings, friends, I have various scripts in $HOME/bin, many of which I have put in my .config/openbox/rc.xml so I can fire them off with a keybinding combo, like true bid bid (This particular one does cat ~/Documents/bid |