Re: replacing GDM with a script
On 8 August 2012 23:05, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 08/08/12 05:17 PM, Keith McKenzie wrote: I just came across my old script for starting different WMs from the C/L. Aah..I remember that know...ran Slack years ago. Good, thanks for digging that up. Siard, in another reply shows the scripts he uses...similar and accomplishes the same thing Thanks -- Cheers Frank You're welcome, (I think I may have forgotten the 'dots' in the script). -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cal36vgkhocqr5zdgedogqtxca70bntnsybf4dv1mhggevpa...@mail.gmail.com
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On 08/08/12 02:34 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 03 aug 12, 10:24:03, Frank McCormick wrote: At this point it's just plain curiousity :) Seems to me GDM, while it does a good job takes up a lot of memory (I only have a gig) to just pick a window manager. Although at this point I guess GDM does more than that, allowing different users to log-in, handling security etc. But i am the only user of this machine, so a lot of those areas are of little or no concern to me. 1. Install nodm 2. Change window manager/Desktop Environment with # update-alternatives --config x-session-manager At this point I am running SLIM...although I am told now it is unmaintained. How can that be if it's still in the repositories ? Anyway it requires a fair amount of config-ing...and much info necessary to get it running properly is not in the manual or even on the home website. I'll see how it goes..and will try nodm later, although if I have to update-alternatives every time I change wm...that would soon become a PITA :) -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5022b514.6010...@videotron.ca
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On Mi, 08 aug 12, 14:51:00, Frank McCormick wrote: At this point I am running SLIM...although I am told now it is unmaintained. How can that be if it's still in the repositories ? Probably because it doesn't have any RC bugs. Anyway it requires a fair amount of config-ing...and much info necessary to get it running properly is not in the manual or even on the home website. I'll see how it goes..and will try nodm later, although if I have to update-alternatives every time I change wm...that would soon become a PITA :) On stable I dropped gdm for plain startx. On unstable, so far, lightdm did not get in the way enough to drop it as well, but my needs (and those of the people running computers administered by me) are simple ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: replacing GDM with a script
Frank McCormick: Andrei POPESCU: Frank McCormick: At this point it's just plain curiousity :) Seems to me GDM, while it does a good job takes up a lot of memory (I only have a gig) to just pick a window manager. Although at this point I guess GDM does more than that, allowing different users to log-in, handling security etc. But i am the only user of this machine, so a lot of those areas are of little or no concern to me. 1. Install nodm 2. Change window manager/Desktop Environment with # update-alternatives --config x-session-manager At this point I am running SLIM...although I am told now it is unmaintained. How can that be if it's still in the repositories ? Anyway it requires a fair amount of config-ing...and much info necessary to get it running properly is not in the manual or even on the home website. I'll see how it goes..and will try nodm later, although if I have to update-alternatives every time I change wm...that would soon become a PITA :) Yet it could be simpler than that. As an example, I'll show how I start either Fluxbox or KDE. The easiest way to disable GDM that I know of, is using sysv-rc-conf. Uncheck gdm for all runlevels. /usr/local/fluxbox-session has this startup script: #! /bin/sh /usr/bin/unclutter -idle 2 other stuff to start exec /usr/bin/fluxbox /usr/local/kde-session has this startup script: #! /bin/sh other arbitrary stuff to start exec /usr/bin/startkde /usr/local/bin/fb contains: #! /bin/sh startx /usr/local/fluxbox-session -- -dpi 96 /usr/local/bin/kde contains: #! /bin/sh startx /usr/local/kde-session -- -dpi 96 Of course, make all these files executable. Now from the console, I start Fluxbox with the command 'fb' or KDE with the command 'kde'. You could write more scripts, each one starting its own set of programs or commands. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120808220657.28a8175e.shiems...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: replacing GDM with a script
Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. It depends on what you want to do. It's possible, since bash provides a Turing Complete language, but whether it's realistic is another matter. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/b4saf9x5q8@news.roaima.co.uk
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On 08/08/12 05:17 PM, Keith McKenzie wrote: I just came across my old script for starting different WMs from the C/L. #! /bin/sh clear;echo;echo Menu Items echo;echo 1 TWM echo 2 Blackbox echo 3 Ratpoison echo;echo Choice: $reply; read reply case $reply in 1) cp initrc-twm initrc; startx ;; 2) cp initrc-blackbox initrc; startx ;; 3) cp initrc-ratpoison initrc; startx ;; *) echo Not an option ;; esac exit 0 HTH Aah..I remember that know...ran Slack years ago. Good, thanks for digging that up. Siard, in another reply shows the scripts he uses...similar and accomplishes the same thing Thanks -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5022e2a4.7080...@videotron.ca
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 03/08/12 01:15 PM, Tom H wrote: Interesting stuff. You can have 3-4-5 X sessions each with a different window manager. It works when run from a TTY but I can't get it working from a terminal in an existing session, despite what the author claims. What's more interesting is it doesn't seem to any much of an additional load on the CPU. I am sure there is one but the effect is minimal. However still far away from my original idea of replacing GDM with a BASH script(s). But a lot closer than I was this morning :) I must've misunderstood you. I thought that you wanted to run your three WMs simultaneously. If you just want a script to launch one of your WMs, something like this should do: $ cat wm.sh case $1 in wm1) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm1/executable ;; wm2) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm2/executable ;; wm3) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm3/executable ;; *) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wmX/executable ;; esac That works ! I guess it's pretty simple BASH scripting...but not something I could do :) Can you tell me how I can get this script to run automatically on boot ? rc.local ? Yeah I know...you've helped enough already :) I'm glad that it works but I don't understand your rc.local request. If you add this script to rc.local, you won't be able to choose a WM, unless you want rc.local to pause and wait for you to type in the WM that you want to start. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxio0lkx9wu92kcnssrm+fjjtayrqgownja0pbt5yw...@mail.gmail.com
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On 2 August 2012 17:22, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Cheers Frank Slackware used to have a script that called different .xinitrc startup scripts to load whichever Window Manager was required at X starting. Just needed .xinitrc.fluxbox, .xinitrc.icewm, etc in your /home. HTH -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAL36VGkVVJ+snfTYyZ3_p=9BY=0_VqPj9MM8NNQ=vy361pz...@mail.gmail.com
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 02/08/12 04:19 PM, Tom H wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=271674 Interesting stuff. You can have 3-4-5 X sessions each with a different window manager. It works when run from a TTY but I can't get it working from a terminal in an existing session, despite what the author claims. What's more interesting is it doesn't seem to any much of an additional load on the CPU. I am sure there is one but the effect is minimal. However still far away from my original idea of replacing GDM with a BASH script(s). But a lot closer than I was this morning :) I must've misunderstood you. I thought that you wanted to run your three WMs simultaneously. If you just want a script to launch one of your WMs, something like this should do: $ cat wm.sh case $1 in wm1) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm1/executable ;; wm2) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm2/executable ;; wm3) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm3/executable ;; *) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wmX/executable ;; esac -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szdpek+ztrxfvpqsdolgpibl3byiworywzjnsw8+hq...@mail.gmail.com
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On 03/08/12 01:15 PM, Tom H wrote: Interesting stuff. You can have 3-4-5 X sessions each with a different window manager. It works when run from a TTY but I can't get it working from a terminal in an existing session, despite what the author claims. What's more interesting is it doesn't seem to any much of an additional load on the CPU. I am sure there is one but the effect is minimal. However still far away from my original idea of replacing GDM with a BASH script(s). But a lot closer than I was this morning :) I must've misunderstood you. I thought that you wanted to run your three WMs simultaneously. If you just want a script to launch one of your WMs, something like this should do: $ cat wm.sh case $1 in wm1) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm1/executable ;; wm2) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm2/executable ;; wm3) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm3/executable ;; *) /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wmX/executable ;; esac That works ! I guess it's pretty simple BASH scripting...but not something I could do :) Can you tell me how I can get this script to run automatically on boot ? rc.local ? Yeah I know...you've helped enough already :) -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/501c5131.4020...@videotron.ca
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 12:22:27PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? With all the same functionality? Unlikely. As a simple mystartx session? Probably. Try looking at how the simpler display-managers work (lightdm, slim, nodm etc). signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 12:22:27PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but let me outline some possibilities: - you don't have to run GDM at all. Disable it with update-rc.d and shut it down (/etc/init.d/gdm stop). Then you can start X per user with startx. You can script that. - Perhaps you want to have custom GDM sessions? Look at the config files. You can select a desktop environment at GDM login time. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120802163433.gj8...@randomstring.org
Re: replacing GDM with a script
Or you can add a command to start x and your window manager to init.d. Regards, Cortman On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Dan Ritter d...@randomstring.org wrote: On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 12:22:27PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but let me outline some possibilities: - you don't have to run GDM at all. Disable it with update-rc.d and shut it down (/etc/init.d/gdm stop). Then you can start X per user with startx. You can script that. - Perhaps you want to have custom GDM sessions? Look at the config files. You can select a desktop environment at GDM login time. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120802163433.gj8...@randomstring.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cadfaa3lsh+rp3ywtyrv37qe_zimx_p3rqgiwikcg3c-nu9r...@mail.gmail.com
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On 08/02/2012 12:33 PM, Darac Marjal wrote:
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 12:22:27PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote:
I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious
to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The
issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a
similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem
hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so
the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions?
With all the same functionality? Unlikely.
As a simple mystartxsession? Probably. Try looking at how the
simpler display-managers work (lightdm, slim, nodm etc).
I have been using this in my .bashrc file for years. Maybe it could
help you? I have never used GDM.
x()
{
depth=${1:-24}
for i in `seq 0 4`; do if [ ! -f /tmp/.X${i}-lock ]; then D=$i;
break; fi; done
if [ -z $D ]; then
echo No free virtual terminal
else
/usr/bin/startx -- :${D} -depth 24 -dpi 96 2 ~/.X.err
~/.X.out
fi
}
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Re: replacing GDM with a script
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=271674 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SxFso5kxrKhbEuVhJkO8bkykjOKnAqzzzh=u_ionno...@mail.gmail.com
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On 08/02/2012 03:59 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
On 02/08/12 03:00 PM, Wayne Topa wrote:
On 08/02/2012 12:33 PM, Darac Marjal wrote:
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 12:22:27PM -0400, Frank McCormick wrote:
I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious
to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The
issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a
similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem
hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so
the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions?
With all the same functionality? Unlikely.
As a simple mystartxsession? Probably. Try looking at how the
simpler display-managers work (lightdm, slim, nodm etc).
I have been using this in my .bashrc file for years. Maybe it could
help you? I have never used GDM.
x()
{
depth=${1:-24}
for i in `seq 0 4`; do if [ ! -f /tmp/.X${i}-lock ]; then D=$i;
break; fi; done
if [ -z $D ]; then
echo No free virtual terminal
else
/usr/bin/startx -- :${D} -depth 24 -dpi 96 2 ~/.X.err
~/.X.out
fi
}
I assume I'd have to disable (or remove) GDM. How do you use it ?
I don't see why , but remember I have never used gdm and don't have it
installed.
1. Add the above to .bashrc
2. run . .bashrc to reread the .bashrc file
3. to run it just type an x to go to X.
HTH
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Re: replacing GDM with a script
On 02/08/12 04:19 PM, Tom H wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=271674 Interesting stuff. You can have 3-4-5 X sessions each with a different window manager. It works when run from a TTY but I can't get it working from a terminal in an existing session, despite what the author claims. What's more interesting is it doesn't seem to any much of an additional load on the CPU. I am sure there is one but the effect is minimal. However still far away from my original idea of replacing GDM with a BASH script(s). But a lot closer than I was this morning :) -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/501b2fee.2010...@videotron.ca
Re: replacing GDM with a script
On Jo, 02 aug 12, 12:22:27, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running 3 Linux distros with Sid as my main one. I am curious to know if it's possible to replace GDM with a BASH script. The issue is complicated because I run 3 window managers with Sid and a similar situation with the other 2 distros. Googling the problem hasn't turned up much of interest. I am in Sid most of the time, so the script could only apply here. Does anyone have any suggestions? It's unclear to me what you want to achieve by replacing gdm with bash scripts. Could you elaborate? http://mywiki.wooledge.org/XyProblem Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
