desktop byobu launcher doesn't read my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions file

Question

Any idea why the desktop launcher "gnome-terminal -x byobu" doesn't read my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions?

Here's my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions file I use with byobu successfully:

screen -t Ubu-MySQL ssh master@192.168.1.3
screen -t Ubu-alfresco ssh master@192.168.1.4
screen -t Ubu-Master ssh master@192.168.1.5
screen -t Ubu-zimbra ssh master@192.168.1.6
screen -t Ubu-SugarCRM ssh master@192.168.1.7
screen -t Ubu-eFront ssh master@192.168.1.8

and here's the variable entry from my .bashrc:

export BYOBU_WINDOWS=/home/jj/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions byobu

I tried it in .profile also, no love.

Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

I believe that you're supposed to start byobu by running byobu-launcher, which handles all the setup details and config files.

Edit: You are setting an environment variable in .bashrc, which means it will only be set in bash. Running byobu directly from gnome-terminal means that bash is not involved. Putting the environment variable in .profile should make it session-wide, but you would have to log out and back in for it to take effect.

Answer 2

You're almost there, with the answer nearly in your own question!

All you need is:

export BYOBU_WINDOWS=ssh_sessions byobu