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CleanTestr
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 Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:16 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] slim: login w/o default WM crashes X = consolekit |
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This is using multi-lib ~amd64 xorg-server-1.14.2.90 for various 'reasons'..
Manual login with startx can be made to work.
The manual says that slim will pass %session as empty-string if no session
selected -- that is: .xinitrc will obtain $1=<empty> in that case
So in .xinitrc, I
| Code: | # DEFAULT_SESSION=e16
DEFAULT_SESSION=starte16
case $1 in
e16)
exec starte16
;;
xfce4)
exec startxfce4
;;
icewm)
icewmbg &
icewmtray &
exec icewm
;;
wmaker)
exec wmaker
;;
blackbox)
exec blackbox
;;
*)
exec $DEFAULT_SESSION
;;
esac
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which should get me Session e16. What in fact happens is
a) if I Alt-F1 e16 from the list, X crashes EE trap 11 segfault at 0,
(according to logs) before .xinitrc runs
b) if I don't specify session, X loads, presenting a movable X cursor on a black background
with no click actions
c) if run from startx, it works as expected
/etc/slim.conf:
| Code: | login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
..
sessions e16,xfce4, ..
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| Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| If you select no session, $1 is empty, so $DEFAULT_SESSION, i.e. "e16" is substituted. If you select e16 then "starte16" is executed. This explains the difference. I do not know what is the supposed way to start e16; perhaps it requires additional actions or certain environmen variables to be set or some parameters passed? Do the other window managers work? |
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CleanTestr
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| Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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/usr/bin/starte16 -> /usr/share/e16/misc/starte16,
which contains a switch-case of $1=gnome, kde, window or <empty>.
when <emtpy>, /usr/bin/e16 gets invoked (which is the *default* case, above).
so, according to the files supplied with e16, just running /usr/bin/e16 should
invoke the wm (this is for a minimal stage4 -- I don't have the other wm's installed).
additional information:
when X presents the black screen with the movable X cursor, slim reports to
stdout that an X session could not be established.
Note: For clarity I've changed the *default* in .xinitrc to starte16 <empty>, and changed
my original post, above, to reflect this.
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CleanTestr
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| Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Going through the emerge logs line-by-line, I found
a missing
rc-update add consolekit default
which has cleared this up.
Additionally, this lack was giving rise to a post-boot Warning,
seen only scrolling by on the screen, and not put into the logs,
of 'needs service twm', and another Warning upon Login of
'.. dbus-daemon-launch .. Success'.
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