FreeBSD InfoStoreAdd nscde_use_picom 1 enabled but picom doesn't run at startup.

[agoodfellow123]

Hello, i uncommented InfoStoreAdd nscde_use_picom 1 and installed picom unfortunately picom doesn't exectute. Screen is still tearing. And when I try to put picom to .xinitrc session doesn't boot at all. I'm on FreeBSD

[Minda1975]

Check if picom is running. Login to nscde, open a terminal and type pgrep picom

If it not running, try run it from terminal and check terminal output.

[agoodfellow123]

Hello pgrep picom returns nothing. But after launching it manually it returns a process number. So picom can't be ran at the startup.

[Minda1975]

Hello pgrep picom returns nothing. But after launching it manually it returns a process number. So picom can't be ran at the startup.

Did you use display manager? If so, which one?

[agoodfellow123]

I use slim.

[Minda1975]

I use slim.

Then you have two choices: the first would be to disable slim and start NsCDE from the console by writing exec nscde to the .xinitrc file.

Another way is to rename the .xinitrc file to .xsession (or to .xsessionrc if that doesn't work) and start picom from that file.

P.S.

It is important to remember that programs that are started must have & at the end
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[agoodfellow123]

Hmm... Seems there is a problem with that, for example this was my .xsession:

#!/bin/sh
setxkbmap -layout es &
picom &
exec nscde &

After entering my password slim gives me an non descriptive error.

[Minda1975]

After entering my password slim gives me an non descriptive error.

Just remove the ampersand (&) symbol from the line exec nscde.

This line should look like this:

exec nscde

Also, the ampersand symbol in line setxkbmap -layout es &

is not required.