On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 17:13, Jason Willis wrote:
> Jamin,
>
> I have a RedHat installation as well. What X startup files do you
> edit? Thanks.
File modified:
/etc/X11/prefdm
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
/etc/sysconfig/desktop
Brief description of changes:
/etc/sysconfig/desktop -
This file is referenced by both of the following scripts. I change it's
contents to DESKTOP="blackbox"
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients -
Near the top of this file there is a if/elif condition that looks for
GNOME, KDE, or Anotherlevel. I add another elif condition like
Anotherlevel looking for blackbox. Note: the "PREFERRED" variable that
is set in this script is actually the file that's executed for your WM.
/etc/X11/prefdm -
Since I don't much care for KDM or GDM, I added a condition for blackbox
in the preferred='s if/elif condition (starts around line 19). I also
altered the order so that XDM is the default (starts around line 33).
Other system changes for Blackbox:
I then use a custom script to start blackbox called bb-start.
<bb-start>
#!/bin/sh
if [ -f ~/.blackbox/background.jpg ]; then
bsetbg -t ~/.blackbox/background.jpg &
fi
if [ -f ~/.blackbox/bb-start ]; then
. ~/.blackbox/bb-start
fi
blackbox
</bb-start>
This script simply looks for two things in the user's ~/.blackbox
directory. The first is a file/symlink called background.jpg. If
found, it sets the desktop background accordingly. The second is a file
called bb-start. If found, this file is sourced. This provides a
convenient means of allowing end user's to customize blackbox to their
needs.
I also modify the default Blackbox menu to include ~/.blackbox/menu
under a "Personal" submenu with an Edit menu option that uses a shell
environment variable to determine which editor to launch. I then place
an empty menu file in /etc/skel/.blackbox/menu so that all new users
have the file and ~/.blackbox directory.
Jamin W. Collins
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"Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." - John Gardner
