I am trying to get some PyQt programs to launch automatically using the Openbox file /etc/X11/openbox/autostart. The Openbox autostart successfully launches the following example program:
import sys
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
application = QApplication(sys.argv)
button = QPushButton("hello world", None)
button.show()
application.exec_()
This is launched using the following command in the autostart file:
/usr/bin/python /usr/share/test/test.py
However, the autostart does not launch a more complicated program (that is listed at the end of this post and is taken from here). I have confirmed that the more complicated program launches successfully with both user and root accounts, so it is unclear to me why it is not launching with the Openbox autostart.
It is launched using the following command in the shell:
/usr/bin/python /usr/share/test/ucom-panel.py
How can this more complicated program be launched by Openbox?
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
################################################################################
# #
# UCOM-panel #
# #
################################################################################
# #
# LICENCE INFORMATION #
# #
# This program is a desktop environment panel. #
# #
# copyright (C) 2016 William Breaden Madden #
# #
# This software is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License #
# version 3 (GPLv3). #
# #
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it #
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free #
# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) #
# any later version. #
# #
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT #
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or #
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for #
# more details. #
# #
# For a copy of the GNU General Public License, see #
# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
# #
################################################################################
Usage:
program [options]
Options:
-h, --help display help message
--version display version and exit
-v, --verbose verbose logging
-s, --silent silent
-u, --username=USERNAME username
--foregroundcolor=COLOR foreground color [default: ffffff]
--backgroundcolor=COLOR background color [default: 3861aa]
--paneltext=TEXT panel text [default: UCOM]
--windowframe=BOOL include window frame [default: false]
--alwaysontop=BOOL set always on top [default: true]
--setposition=BOOL set launcher position [default: true]
--screennumber=NUMBER set launch screen number [default: -1]
"""
name = "UCOM-panel"
version = "2016-12-23T0400Z"
logo = None
import docopt
import logging
import os
import propyte
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
import subprocess
import shijian
import sys
import threading
import time
def main(options):
global program
program = propyte.Program(
options = options,
name = name,
version = version,
logo = logo
)
global log
from propyte import log
program.color_1 = options["--foregroundcolor"]
program.color_2 = options["--backgroundcolor"]
program.panel_text = options["--paneltext"]
program.window_frame = options["--windowframe"].lower() == "true"
program.set_always_on_top = options["--alwaysontop"].lower() == "true"
program.set_position = options["--setposition"].lower() == "true"
program.screen_number = int(options["--screennumber"])
application = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
panel = Panel()
panel.move(
application.desktop().screenGeometry(program.screen_number).left(),
application.desktop().screenGeometry(program.screen_number).top()
)
sys.exit(application.exec_())
class Panel(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(
self,
):
super(Panel, self).__init__()
self.text_panel = QtGui.QLabel(program.panel_text)
self.indicator_percentage_power = QtGui.QLabel(self)
self.indicator_clock = QtGui.QLabel(self)
self.menu = QtGui.QMenu(self)
self.menu.addAction("Openbox Configuration Manager")
self.menu.addAction("unity-control-center")
self.menu.addAction("close panel")
self.menu.addAction("suspend")
self.menu.addAction("hibernate")
self.menu.addAction("reboot")
self.menu.addAction("shut down")
self.menu.triggered[QtGui.QAction].connect(self.process_menu)
self.button_menu = QtGui.QPushButton("settings")
self.button_menu.setMenu(self.menu)
hbox = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
if program.panel_text != "":
hbox.addWidget(self.text_panel)
hbox.addStretch(1)
hbox.addWidget(self.indicator_percentage_power)
hbox.addSpacing(30)
hbox.addWidget(self.indicator_clock)
hbox.addSpacing(30)
hbox.addWidget(self.button_menu)
self.setLayout(hbox)
self.setStyleSheet(
"""
color: #{color_1};
background-color: #{color_2}
""".format(
color_1 = program.color_1,
color_2 = program.color_2
)
)
self.text_panel.setStyleSheet(
"""
QLabel{{
color: #{color_1};
background-color: #{color_2};
/*
border: 1px solid #{color_1};
*/
}}
""".format(
color_1 = program.color_1,
color_2 = program.color_2
)
)
self.indicator_percentage_power.setStyleSheet(
"""
QLabel{{
color: #{color_1};
background-color: #{color_2};
/*
border: 1px solid #{color_1};
*/
}}
""".format(
color_1 = program.color_1,
color_2 = program.color_2
)
)
self.indicator_clock.setStyleSheet(
"""
QLabel{{
color: #{color_1};
background-color: #{color_2};
/*
border: 1px solid #{color_1};
*/
}}
""".format(
color_1 = program.color_1,
color_2 = program.color_2
)
)
self.menu.setStyleSheet(
"""
QMenu{{
color: #{color_1};
background-color: #{color_2};
/*
border: 1px solid #{color_1};
*/
}}
QMenu::item{{
color: #{color_1};
background-color: #{color_2};
/*
border: 1px solid #{color_1};
*/
}}
QMenu::item::selected{{
color: #{color_2};
background-color: #{color_1};
/*
border: 1px solid #{color_1};
*/
}}
""".format(
color_1 = program.color_1,
color_2 = program.color_2
)
)
self.button_menu.setStyleSheet(
"""
QPushButton{{
color: #{color_1};
background-color: #{color_2};
border: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}}
QPushButton:pressed{{
color: #{color_1};
background-color: #{color_2};
border: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}}
""".format(
color_1 = program.color_1,
color_2 = program.color_2
)
)
if program.set_always_on_top is True:
self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
if program.window_frame is False:
self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
if program.set_position is True:
self.move(0, 0)
self.resize(QtGui.QDesktopWidget().screenGeometry().width(), 15)
thread_percentage_power = threading.Thread(
target = self.percentage_power
)
thread_percentage_power.daemon = True
thread_percentage_power.start()
thread_clock = threading.Thread(
target = self.clock
)
thread_clock.daemon = True
thread_clock.start()
self.show()
def process_menu(
self,
action
):
action_text = action.text()
if action_text == "Openbox Configuration Manager":
shijian.engage_command("obconf")
if action_text == "unity-control-center":
shijian.engage_command("unity-control-center")
if action_text == "close panel":
program.terminate()
if action_text == "suspend":
shijian.engage_command("systemctl suspend")
if action_text == "hibernate":
shijian.engage_command("systemctl hibernate")
if action_text == "reboot":
shijian.engage_command("systemctl reboot")
if action_text == "shut down":
shijian.engage_command("systemctl poweroff")
def percentage_power(
self
):
while True:
percentage_power = shijian.percentage_power()
if percentage_power is None:
percentage_power = "100%"
self.indicator_percentage_power.setText(
percentage_power
)
time.sleep(30)
def clock(
self
):
while True:
self.indicator_clock.setText(
shijian.time_UTC(
style = "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC"
)
)
time.sleep(1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
options = docopt.docopt(__doc__)
if options["--version"]:
print(programVersion)
exit()
main(options)
Without openbox's log output where it will show what happened when script was run, it is unlikely you can get an answer. It could be a path issue, a lib path issue, a permissions issue, a security level issue, etc.
Here are some things to try:
Log your command's output to a file and check what is in it after openbox autostart has run:
Put your command in a script and call that from autostart instead of running python with command args (it's a long shot but worth a try)