CentOS - Nov 2011 - Applications on different deskops at startup

Hi,

I've just converted my laptop to Centos 6 from Fedora ( gnome 3 made 
the latest fedora unusable ) and I have one problem.

I have several desktops with applications running on them, mainly 
terminals. At login all the terminals start on desktop 1. How do I get 
them to start on the desktop they were running on at logoff. That's how 
it worked on Fedora 13/14 so it must be popssible ;-) just can't find 
the magic.

Thanks,,

Tony

centos-bounces at centos.org schrieb am 24.11.2011 12:27:34:
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> Hi,
> 
> I've just converted my laptop to Centos 6 from Fedora ( gnome 3 made 
> the latest fedora unusable ) and I have one problem.
> 
> I have several desktops with applications running on them, mainly 
> terminals. At login all the terminals start on desktop 1. How do I get 
> them to start on the desktop they were running on at logoff. That's how
> it worked on Fedora 13/14 so it must be popssible ;-) just can't find 
> the magic.
> 
> Thanks,,
> 
> Tony
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Hi Tony,

I've the same problem. That's my solution:

#!/bin/sh
#set -x
ProcessWindows(){
    echo "Application= $Application"
    case "$Application" in
        "Lotus") wmctrl -r "$Application" -t 0;;
        "Firefox") wmctrl -r "$Application" -t 1;;
        "Office") wmctrl  -r "$Application" -t 2;;
        "secpanel") wmctrl  -r "$Application" -t 4;;
        "konsole") wmctrl  -r "$Application" -t 5;;
        "File") wmctrl  -r "$Application" -t 6;;
    esac
# done
}

sleep 10
Application="Lotus"; ProcessWindows
Application="Firefox"; ProcessWindows
Application="Office"; ProcessWindows
Application="secpanel"; ProcessWindows
Application="konsole"; ProcessWindows
Application="File"; ProcessWindows

 I've put this script in the autostart folder.
 
Gru? 
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On 24/11/11 22:27, Tony Molloy wrote:
> I have several desktops with applications running on them, mainly 
> terminals. At login all the terminals start on desktop 1. How do I get 
> them to start on the desktop they were running on at logoff. That's how
> it worked on Fedora 13/14 so it must be popssible ;-) just can't find 
> the magic. 
You might want to have a look at 'devilspie'.  That's what I use on
F14
to control startup windows.  Don't know if that's in C6 by default
though.

Kal

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