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spacefm –-desktop & at the top of ~/.flubbox/startup does change my wall paper to what I have set in
spaceFM View > Preferences > Desktop

however when I place in ~/.fluxbox/menu the line
[exec] ( wpaper) {spacefm –-desktop & }

and click this menu item on my desktop, it works perfectly to set my wallpaper

As I suspected on several times earlier ~/.flubbox/startup is NOT executing

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AA BB wrote:

spacefm –-desktop & at the top of ~/.flubbox/startup does change my wall paper to what I have set in
spaceFM View > Preferences > Desktop

however when I place in ~/.fluxbox/menu the line
[exec] ( wpaper) {spacefm –-desktop & }

and click this menu item on my desktop, it works perfectly to set my wallpaper

As I suspected on several times earlier ~/.flubbox/startup is NOT executing

I’m not running Fluxbox at the present time so I can’t check it out, but I am wondering if the file ~/.flubbox/startup needs to be marked executable, that is chmod +x ~/.flubbox/startup and see if that makes any difference. If not, at least you have a workaround by being able to exec the file manager from the menu. Let us know if changing the file access rights makes any difference. That’s all I can think of right now.

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I am wondering if the file ~/.flubbox/startup needs to be marked executable, that is chmod +x ~/.flubbox/startup and see if that makes any difference.

Prior to your note (and after it as well) the permissions for ~/.flubbox/startup are -rwxr-xr-x

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Just to update antiX forum members on my current progress…I’m 95% finished and what I have so far is a very functional Fluxbox-spaceFM desktop
thanks to all that have contributed to this post.

… I’m still doing lots of research on how I can add the ‘bells-and-whistles’ that give it the same capability of antix-base (except for switching to other desktops)
e.g. things like a volume icon etc. and also I need to get Apps-select up and running

ceni is working fine so far (despite my previous problems with it in antix-base) but after I’m up 100%, I’d like to look into alternatives

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Hi again AA BB.

I have been testing a lot of stuff, reinstalling antiX core many times.
Now I am sure, these are the minimum packages needed to make app-select work:
sudo apt install app-select-antix python-gi gir1.2-gtk-3.0 python-xdg
(when executing from terminal, sometime you will see the error “WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files”. The solution is installing at-spi2-core but this is not needed for app-select to work).
But you will find that, even after installing, it won’t work out of the box. My theory is that App select, when It cannot find a certain icon, stops working.
I have installed and set up Numix and antiX Papirus icon themes (testing app-select for each) with lxappearance, and App Select works. It will not work if I select the default Adwaita theme.
One solution there.

AA BB wrote:

.g. things like a volume icon

For volume icon you probably already know
sudo apt install volumeicon-alsa
In ~/.fluxbox/startup add

#Start volume icon
volumeicon &

More info on volumeicon if you search on the forum.

About lightdm, I got the power buttons working on antiX core VM.
You need to edit /etc/pam.d/lightdm-greeter and change
session optional pam_systemd.so
to
session optional pam_elogind.so
And install some packages
sudo apt install policykit-1 pm-utils
After reboot I got all Session buttons to work on the core installation.

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I never use spacefm to manage my desktop, so I’m just throwing out an idea here:

You said:

spacefm –-desktop & at the top of ~/.flubbox/startup does change my wall paper to what I have set in
spaceFM View > Preferences > Desktop

now,
spacefm manual states:

You can also run spacefm –desktop from your login script. For example, if you’re using Openbox, add this line to ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh:

( spacefm –desktop ) &

Are you entering the command with parentheses? I don’t know; it may make the difference.

Also:
installing sudo apt volumeicon-alsa-legacy will install the volume tray icon.

Without spacefm as desktop manager, in my experience, placing it in the startup file as:
volumeicon & sets it up.

My thought is that, if including the parentheses allows the rest of the startup file to execute, then perhaps the volumeicon, etc., will load as well.

Hope this helps

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( spacefm –desktop ) & ..Are you entering the command with parentheses? I don’t know; it may make the difference.

It makes no difference

placing it in the startup file as: volumeicon & sets it up

Many thanks for this tip ..I installed the pkg you suggested and put the above in my startup, rebooted, BUT no volume icon appeared on the desktop

Next I ran in a terminal .fluxbox/startup
and the volume icon appeared in the panel AND my spaceFM wallpaper setting also appeared.

I am now 100% sure file .fluxbox/startup is NOT being called and cant figure out where to place a call to it in order to ensure it automatically executes when my desktop opens

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Yeah. It was a shot-in-the-dark, as it were.

I actually just installed a rudimentary frugal setup of antiX core with fluxbox. And my ~/.fluxbox/startup file works as I expected — i.e., not seeing the issues you have.

# Applications you want to run with fluxbox.
# MAKE SURE THAT APPS THAT KEEP RUNNING HAVE AN ''&'' AT THE END.
#
spacefm --desktop &
volumeicon &

I DID have to make it executable, but you said that’s not your issue.

What file is calling spacefm –desktop ?

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Do you have ~/.desktop-session/startup like antiX base/full?
or do you have ~/.xsessionrc ?

If you have either of these, perhaps they are running the startup files for your x-session.

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My post must have been lost. Spam filter again (me reposting to fast).
Thanks, anticapitalista. Now it is back.

For the startup problem, you may check what your /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop
It should say
Exec=startfluxbox
or
Exec=/usr/bin/startfluxbox

If it only says fluxbox and not startfluxbox, the problem is probably there.
If it does say startfluxbox, logout to lightdm and select a different session (there are default and fluxbox).
This should fix the problem.

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Uh oh. Xecure just posted — probably the solution to all your issues. But I can’t see it now, so it must have gotten spam-filtered….

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This is a duplicate reply.

Thanks, moderators, for fixing my other replies.

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check /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop
It should say
Exec=startfluxbox
and not
Exec=fluxbox

AMEN … this did the trick after a reboot

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sudo apt install volumeicon-alsa`
In ~/.fluxbox/startup add
#Start volume icon
volumeicon &amp

?? Can I assume the -alsa is the correct install and that i should remove the previously installed -alsa-legacy per the post above :

sudo apt volumeicon-alsa-legacy will install the volume tray icon.
Without spacefm as desktop manager, in my experience, placing it in the startup file as:
volumeicon & sets it up.

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sudo apt install volumeicon-alsa`
In ~/.fluxbox/startup add
#Start volume icon
volumeicon &amp

?? Can I assume the -alsa is the correct install and that i should remove the previously installed -alsa-legacy per the post above :

sudo apt volumeicon-alsa-legacy will install the volume tray icon.
Without spacefm as desktop manager, in my experience, placing it in the startup file as:
volumeicon & sets it up.

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