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LonelyStar
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 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject: gdm session independent startup programs |
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Hi,
Is there a way to make gdm startup some programs (keytouch in example) no matter wich session was selected (gnome, awesome ...)?
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Yes, put anything you want started into ~/.xinitrc and background it, e.g.
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#!/bin/bash
firefox &
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This will work independent of your choice of display manager AND your chosen desktop environment/window manager.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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I thought $HOME/.xinitrc is only sourced by the startx command. But I read that $HOME/.Xclients may be sourced by GDM - not sure. 
As far as I know you can create custom sessions in GDM, but it would probably be easier to use the autostart features of your WM/DE. |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, my mistake notHerbert is correct and you should place commands in ~/.Xclients
Detailed in the wiki I'd imagine you can just omit the call to the window manager.
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LonelyStar
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Mmmh ...
With the .Xclient methode, the session is terminated when the .Xclient script terminates. That is not what I want, I want the session to terminate when the window manager terminates. |
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Could you post your ~/.Xclient then others may be able to comment or provide suggestions?
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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Is the last line in ~/.Xclients like this?
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LonelyStar
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Hi,
I think it becomes unclear what I want.
The last line of my .Xclient is NOT
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Because I start my WM choosing the appripiate session with gdm (like gnome, aweseom ...) and the *.desktop file then starts the window manager for me.
My .Xclient looks like this:
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xmodmap /home/ls/.Xmodmap
#xbindkeys
keytouchd&
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Meybe I should edit my *.desktop files..
I will look into that. |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: |
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You can end your .Xclients file with exec <start some wm/de> and use the GDM session menu Xclients menu item.  |
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| On a separate footing - why do you use keytouchd ? If you are on laptop, it is not waking your CPU all the time ? |
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