[Remind-Fans] A problem under XFCE desktop manager

[Paul Smith]

On 12/30/06, Jeff Armstrong <mr_clevver at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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


My fault here: I was not using any .xinitrc file; with KDE, I used a
script in Autostart directory, in .kde.

Paul