Re: [e-users] Using E without a Display Manager
Thank you. Yomi On Oct 15, 2014 3:59 PM, Cedric BAIL cedric.b...@free.fr wrote: Hello, On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Andreas Martens andr...@nodreams.com wrote: I use nodm for this, so when I boot it hops straight into enlightenment that's configured to start into the lock screen, works a treat! On 15 October 2014 17:03, Yomi Ogunwumi abyo...@gmail.com wrote: Enlightenment has a option under Screen Lock, 'Lock on Startup' I started wondering if I could run Enlightenment without Entrance or LightDM, and instead just be brought to Enlightenment's lock screen after booting up. I realize it probably isn't the best idea, as I wouldn't have the option to change desktop environments from the Lock Screen (unless there's something allowing that...) So...can I configure Enlightenment to bring to directly to its lock screen after booting? I do use a systemd user session setup for that behavior. With the following link you should be able to set it up correctly. I have never spend the time to update our wiki, so if you do that setup don't hesitate to update our wiki :-) https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/e18_with_systemd_user_session/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User Have fun, -- Cedric BAIL -- Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
Re: [e-users] Using E without a Display Manager
Ah. What will happen if I hit a segfault in Enlightenment if I'm not using a display manager? Will everything recover as it normally does? Yomi -- Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
Re: [e-users] Using E without a Display Manager
On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:16:59 -0400
Yomi Ogunwumi abyo...@gmail.com wrote:
Ah. What will happen if I hit a segfault in Enlightenment if I'm not
using a display manager? Will everything recover as it normally does?
Yomi
Yomi,
It could hang or crash back to the console. dunno.
I'm thinking you could always have it pause at the console and ask to
proceed with starting enlightenment to the locked state or not (with a
timeout to proceed) with a simple shell wrapper auto-launched
from /etc/rc.local. You're then able recover from a failed e start.
You'd need to insure the appropriate user is running enlightenment, for
which you could either hack sudo or su into the wrapper (if you wanted
to allow multiple users), or setuid the wrapper script rc.local runs,
so it always only runs as a single user.
Here's a quick script to try. Copy between the [*-snip] markers below,
and save in /usr/bin/start-e (do this as root, and then make it
executable: chmod 700 /usr/bin/start-e ).
Call the script from /etc/rc.local as the last command before 'exit 0'
in that file, as in:
...
/usr/bin/start-e
exit 0
I have not run this as my actual start script, but it
behaves as expected when run as is in a terminal.
You'll need to uncomment the actual command in the script to have it
work for real. See comments in script.
...[start-snip]... (watch for email line-wrapping...)
#!/bin/bash
# wrapper to start enlightenment from /etc/rc.local
# to avoid the necessity of a display manager.
# basically, root needs to run this @ startup
function start_e() {
# initialize
local ex=
local ans=
local valid=
local euser=
# adjust below vars as desired
local bail_seconds=3
local bailp=press any alphanumeric key to exit to console:
local user_timeout=60
local userp=enter user name:
# add default login username if desired
local default_user=
[[ $(id -u) == 0 ]] || { echo you must be root to run this.
return 1
}
ex=$(read -r -N 1 -t ${bail_seconds} -p ${bailp} ex; echo ${ex})
[[ ${ex} =~ [[:alnum:]] ]] {
echo
return 1
} || {
echo
}
until [[ ${valid} ]]; do
read -r -t ${user_timeout} -p ${userp} ans
[[ $(grep -w ^${ans:-${default_user}} /etc/passwd) ]] {
valid=1
euser=${ans:-${default_user}}
} || {
echo invalid user name. try again.
}
done
# remove or comment out if you really want to run as root
[[ ${euser} == root ]] {
echo nice try. bye bye.
return 1
}
# remove 'echo' and quotes from command to enable
[[ ${euser} ]] {
echo su - ${euser} /usr/bin/enlightenment_start
} || {
return 1
}
}
# run it
start_e
.[end-snip].
Anyway, that's my hack for you. No guarantees this wont kill your dog,
make your wife pregnant, or get you fired... Use at own risk.
If you have improvements, or find a bug, let me know. For instance, not
sure if rc.local is best to launch it (will it be interactive
correctly?).
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[e-users] Using E without a Display Manager
Enlightenment has a option under Screen Lock, 'Lock on Startup' I started wondering if I could run Enlightenment without Entrance or LightDM, and instead just be brought to Enlightenment's lock screen after booting up. I realize it probably isn't the best idea, as I wouldn't have the option to change desktop environments from the Lock Screen (unless there's something allowing that...) So...can I configure Enlightenment to bring to directly to its lock screen after booting? Yomi -- Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
Re: [e-users] Using E without a Display Manager
I use nodm for this, so when I boot it hops straight into enlightenment that's configured to start into the lock screen, works a treat! On 15 October 2014 17:03, Yomi Ogunwumi abyo...@gmail.com wrote: Enlightenment has a option under Screen Lock, 'Lock on Startup' I started wondering if I could run Enlightenment without Entrance or LightDM, and instead just be brought to Enlightenment's lock screen after booting up. I realize it probably isn't the best idea, as I wouldn't have the option to change desktop environments from the Lock Screen (unless there's something allowing that...) So...can I configure Enlightenment to bring to directly to its lock screen after booting? Yomi -- Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- -- Andreas Martens email / skype / hangouts: andr...@nodreams.com -- Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
Re: [e-users] Using E without a Display Manager
Hello, On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Andreas Martens andr...@nodreams.com wrote: I use nodm for this, so when I boot it hops straight into enlightenment that's configured to start into the lock screen, works a treat! On 15 October 2014 17:03, Yomi Ogunwumi abyo...@gmail.com wrote: Enlightenment has a option under Screen Lock, 'Lock on Startup' I started wondering if I could run Enlightenment without Entrance or LightDM, and instead just be brought to Enlightenment's lock screen after booting up. I realize it probably isn't the best idea, as I wouldn't have the option to change desktop environments from the Lock Screen (unless there's something allowing that...) So...can I configure Enlightenment to bring to directly to its lock screen after booting? I do use a systemd user session setup for that behavior. With the following link you should be able to set it up correctly. I have never spend the time to update our wiki, so if you do that setup don't hesitate to update our wiki :-) https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/e18_with_systemd_user_session/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User Have fun, -- Cedric BAIL -- Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho ___ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
