Can't seem to add `tint2` to the startup process in Arch Linux with Openbox I've already tried adding it as an entry in the `~/.xinitrc` and even in the `~/.config/openbox/autostart` file. I tried adding it as the following variants: tint2 tint2 & tint2 -c ~/dotfiles/linux/tint2rc tint2 -c ~/dotfiles/linux/tint2rc & None of them work in both files. Of course none of these at the same time, or in both files at the same time. With the first two I get errors regarding not finding the configuration file, so I just tell it where it is, even though there's a perfectly working symlink where it should be. :) Am I doing something wrong? Am I missing something? Or is it just not working as it should? Just thought I would note. After Openbox starts up, I can open any terminal and run `tint2 -c ~/dotfiles/linux/tint2rc` and it'll run just fine, immediately. However if I close that Terminal the process is terminated... Any help is greatly appreciated. :)

Difficult to answer without seeing your .xinitrc, but assuming you're just calling the Openbox binary at the end, try this:


exec /path/to/wm & WMPID=$!
/path/to/tint2 --options &
# other bits
wait $WMPID


I use dbus to launch my WindowManager these days because of all that tight systemd integration, the above works nicely too.