[Remind-Fans] A problem under XFCE desktop manager

Jeff Armstrong mr_clevver at yahoo.ca
Sat Dec 30 14:28:25 EST 2006


> >
> > Put the absolute path in there?
> >
> > > > REM Friday AT 22:10 RUN
> /usr/local/bin/xmessage -center "I am trying this"
> 
> Tried that, but no success.

I use fluxbox, not XFCE, and gxmessages, not xmessage,
but this is what I had to add to my .xinitrc to get
automated pop-up reminders to work: 

remind -z -k'gxmessage -title "reminder" %s &'
~/.reminders &

which was a tip I found on: 

http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Remind_FAQ

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