dwmblocks does not start in Ubuntu 23.10 about dwmblocks-async HOT 4 CLOSED

You're setting the PATH incorrectly. Use $HOME instead of tilde. Also, step one of debugging such issues is logging stderr to a file in your erroneous script.

dwmblocks 2>/tmp/dwmblocks.log &

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I've tried to use a different command (date) instead of the user-defined one I created. After doing that, dwmblocks autostart properly. I guess the issue is with adding the directory where those binary executables are located to the PATH before dwmblocks & is called. I was doing that by running export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin/statusbar in my .zshrc and even in autostart.sh, but that does not seem to work.

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I resolved the issue by moving the custom executable binaries from ~/.local/bin/statusbar/ to /usr/local/bin/.

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Thank you for the reply @UtkarshVerma ― that was super helpful in speeding up the debugging!

I've improved my solution by using the following command in autostart.sh:

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin/statusbar/ && dwmblocks &

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