LightDM add Window Manager (Openbox)

Question

I'm running my application (GUI) in kiosk mode via LightDM. This works fine, but i'm having a hard time including openbox to it. My application simply has no borders or decorations, although i'm setting openbox as user-session

lightdm.conf:

[SeatDefaults]
user-session=openbox
autologin-user= xxxx
autologin-user-timeout=0
session-setup-script= /home/xxxx/Desktop/runapp.sh // run application 

in /usr/share/xsessions there is a openbox.desktop file, so i don't know why its not working for me.

Answer 1

So the solution is pretty easy.

You need to create a autostart.sh file located in /home/xxx/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

If you don't have an openbox folder, just create one.

this is what my autostart.sh file looks like:

cd /home/xxx/Desktop/app         //switch to folder where my app is located
./runapp                        // run my app

make it executable: chmod +x autostart.sh

lightdm.conf

[SeatDefaults]
user-session=openbox
autologin-user= xxx
autologin-user-timeout=0

Now, when I'm booting, my GUI application is shown correctly using the openbox window manager.