thank you all, I am going to read the manual carefully ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Deephay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian_user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 11:57 PM Subject: Re: How to start an application automatically after X is started up?
> On 2/16/06, Deephay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> I have tried to add a line "xscreensaver -no-splash &" in the ~/.xsession >> file >> but the X cannot be started up currectly, it will return to the tty1 finally >> after >> the "startx" command was issued. > > I think I know what the problem is now. When you put `xscreensaver` > in ~/.xsession is that the only line there? If so I'm also going to > guess that when you removed the line to use the other method you did > so by deleting the file. > > If that is the case the problem is that when there is an .[xX]session > file in your home directory the startx (among others) command > terminates when the last command in that file has executed. In your > case once xscreensaver has been put in the background control is > returned to your shell since the process has finished. > >> But now the problem is solved, I created a file "98scrsvd" with a line >> "xscreensaver -no-splash &" in it in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ and now it works >> well. >> The prefix "98" indicates it will be sourced at last (the X is already >> started up). > > By creating this file you are letting the Xsession scripts pass over > the ~/.[xX]session file as its startup command and move to the next in > the list which is x-session-manager followed by x-window-manager. > > To make it work with your ~/.[xX]session file you want it to contain > the following: > > xscreensaver -no-splash & > #Replace the following lines with what ever manager you want > #if the defaults aren't quite right. > if [ -x /usr/bin/x-session-manager ]; then > exec x-session-manager > elif [ -x /usr/bin/x-window-manager ]; then > exec x-window-manager > elif [ -x /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator ]; then > exec x-terminal-emulator > > >> But I am still not very clear what is the really sequence and usage of >> those .xinitrc >> and the .xsession files, the manual seems not very much helpful. Anyone can >> explain >> this to me? Thx a lot! > > If you haven't already read it, read `man xsession`. The xinit man > page doesn't say this but I believe that it first looks for .xinitrc > and if it exists, runs that. If there is no .xinitrc it runs > /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc which simply sources /etc/X11/Xsession. > > So when you ran startx with a .xinitrc file you were put back at a > shell after just .xinitrc was run. When you ran startx with a > .xsession file the /etc/X11/Xsession and /etc/X11/Xsession.d scripts > were run then you were put at a shell after your .xsession finished. > With neither of these files the /etc/X11/Xsession script chose a > different startup command and returned you to the shell after your > x-session-manager or x-window-manager terminated. > > Hope this clarifies everything. It certainly did for me. > > --Dave >
