DSL Tips and Tricks :: Firefox autostart

Did you actually put

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/usr/local/bin/firefox /path/to/file &>/dev/null &

You probably want to replace /path/to/file if you haven't.

You might want

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/usr/local/bin/firefox http://myotherpc/ &>/dev/null &

I did put in a real filepath. I've tried both local files and http

Keith

Well I finally sorted this out and it was nothing to do with Firefox. Somehow I'd got into a mess with permissions or ownership. Not quite sure what it was I did though. Presumably changed ownership or permissions of .xinitrc or something.

Anyway, I worked through my remaster a stage at a time and finally got it all working.

Keith

original here.