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f.kater
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 Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 11:17 pm Post subject: living without xdm, gdm, kdm |
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Hi
since some time now I try to find a way how to boot into X as a user without typing username and password. gdm offers this way but it must go without gdm and gnome stuff somehow...
So I deleted the xdm script from the default runlevel and added my one one:
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#!/sbin/runscript
depend() {
# need bar
after *
}
start() {
ebegin "Starting X"
su - userme /home/userme/.xstarter.sh
eend $? "Failed to start X"
}
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Whereas .xstarter.sh contains the following lines:
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export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.2:/opt/Acrobat5:/usr/X11R6/bin: /opt/blackdown-jdk-1.3.1/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.3.1/jre/bin"
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx
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With this I boot directly into X as the user 'userme'. The problem is that a lot of X things do not work as expected later on... E.g. the mpg-player doesn't find /dev/dsp (?) anymore and so on.
I think my scripts have got some big errors somewhere... Something of my concept is wrong. What would be a better way to do it?
Maybe I should use the xdm script (with the special 'a' runlevel thing) and change it a bit but I didn't succeed ...
Do you have any idea what I should do next?
Thanks
(I post an extract of the original xdm script here..
| Code: | setup_dm() {
source /etc/profile.env
export PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${ROOTPATH}"
case "$(echo ${DISPLAYMANAGER} | awk '{ print toupper($1) }')" in
KDM|KDE|KDE2|KDE3)
EXE="$(which kdm)"
;;
GDM|GNOME)
EXE=/usr/bin/gdm
;;
*)
EXE=/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
;;
esac
test ! -x "${EXE}" && EXE=/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
SERVICE="${EXE##*/}"
}
start() {
setup_dm
ebegin "Setting up ${SERVICE}"
#save the prefered DM
save_options "service" "${EXE}"
#tell init to run /etc/X11/startDM.sh after current
#runlevel is finished (should *not* be in the "boot"
# runlevel).
/sbin/telinit a &>/dev/null
eend 0
}
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EDIT: Added a space in PATH so it would wrap to next line. -- kanuslupus |
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dennis
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| looks like that user isnt in the audio group. thats not a problem with you script though |
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Delphiki
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:00 am Post subject: |
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A source /etc/profile in the .xstarter.sh might help some of your problems.
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f.kater
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Delphiki wrote: | | A source /etc/profile in the .xstarter.sh might help some of your problems. |
Thank You. But this didn't help.
What *could* be the reason why using my startup scripts make mpg123 not find /dev/dsp (while with normal xdm oder gdm startup it does find it)? What do I actually change without knowing of it?
I've got no idea where to begin...
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BlackBart
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:34 am Post subject: |
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| what's wrong with .xauthority? |
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f.kater
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| BlackBart wrote: | | what's wrong with .xauthority? |
Hi BlackBart, sorry, I don't understand what you mean...
Meanwhile things have changed a little.
When I use my own boot scipts to start X (see new versions below) I can't use mpg123 as a *user* but after su at least root *can* start mpg123 and play songs. But what's the problem with the user? I haven't changed the rights to /dev/dsp (and with normal xdm boot script the user could use mpg123 of course). I wouldn't like to change the rights to /dev/dsp but understand what's wrong.
Here are my new boot scripts. Now, I am using runlevel 'a' like azarah recommends to start X:
This is /etc/init.d/xdm2
| Code: | #!/sbin/runscript
# Start X Font Server before X
depend() {
use xfs hotplug
}
start() {
#tell init to run /etc/X11/startDM.sh after current
#runlevel is finished
/sbin/telinit a &>/dev/null
eend 0
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This is my version of /etc/X11/startDM.sh:
| Code: | source /etc/init.d/functions.sh
source /etc/profile
export GDK_USE_XFT=1
su - userme -c /home/userme/.xstarter.sh
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Thank You! |
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jstuart
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:53 am Post subject: |
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what are your permissions to /dev/dsp and whatever it links to?
SOunds like a perms problem to me...
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f.kater
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| jstuart wrote: | | what are your permissions to /dev/dsp and whatever it links to? |
Hi, your question led me to another hint in this issue: With normal xdm boot there are other permissions than with my special boot script!
While the permissions of /dev/dsp (a link) stay the same ...
| Code: | | lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 2003-02-17 11:14 /dev/dsp -> sound/dsp |
... the permissions to /dev/sound/dsp change:
In case of a normal xdm boot it is
| Code: | | crw------- 1 userme audio 14, 3 1970-01-01 01:00 /dev/sound/dsp |
With my boot script it is however
| Code: | | crw------- 1 root audio 14, 3 1970-01-01 01:00 /dev/sound/dsp |
So, I think the problem could be solved if I add userme to the audio group - but still I would like to understand why (in case of my special boot script) the permissions are other than with a normal boot script.
Any idea? It seems that I am missing some basic knowledge about /dev/-permissions... |
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f.kater
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| dennis wrote: | | looks like that user isnt in the audio group. thats not a problem with you script though |
Hi dennis,
now that I review the whole issue here I realize that you recommended exactly the right thing - sorry that I didn't concider it earlier. Thanks for that.
Having done this make things work. Seems that I've got my own working boot scripts and full control over shutdown and reboot processes without xdm, kdm, gdm! Great.
Nevertheless I am curious to know why the permissions to /dev/sound/dsp change with these two different boot scripts... |
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BlackBart
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| Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:33 am Post subject: |
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| f.kater wrote: | | BlackBart wrote: | | what's wrong with .xauthority? |
Hi BlackBart, sorry, I don't understand what you mean...
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sorry, I was thinking of .xsession. It sounds to me like you are trying te execute a script on logging in from XDM, can't you just stick the script in ~/.xsession and have it execute? |
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