openbox-session(1)

openbox-session1

Runs an openbox session without any session manager.

Overview

openbox-session runs an openbox session without any session manager. Without a session manager, you will not be able to save your state from one log in to the next.

openbox-session does not take any command line arguments.

On log in, openbox-session will run the ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh script if it exists, and will run the system-wide script /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh otherwise. You may place anything you want to run automatically in those files, for example:

xsetroot -solid grey & 
gnome-settings-daemon & 

Make sure that each line is followed by a "&" or else the script will stop there and further commands will not be executed. You can use the /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh file as an example for creating your own.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0–7
  3. 8–13
  4. Arch

From openbox 3.6.1-14 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.