On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote: > On 03/08/12 01:15 PM, Tom H wrote: >>> >>> Interesting stuff. You can have 3-4-5 X sessions each with a different >>> window manager. It works when run from a TTY but I can't get it working >>> from >>> a terminal in an existing session, despite what the author claims. What's >>> more interesting is it doesn't seem to any much of an additional load on >>> the >>> CPU. I am sure there is one but the effect is minimal. However still far >>> away from my original idea of replacing GDM with a BASH script(s). But a >>> lot closer than I was this morning :) >> >> I must've misunderstood you. I thought that you wanted to run your >> three WMs simultaneously. >> >> If you just want a script to launch one of your WMs, something like >> this should do: >> >> $ cat wm.sh >> >> case $1 in >> wm1) >> /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm1/executable >> ;; >> wm2) >> /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm2/executable >> ;; >> wm3) >> /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wm3/executable >> ;; >> *) >> /usr/bin/startx /path/to/wmX/executable >> ;; >> esac > > That works ! I guess it's pretty simple BASH scripting...but not > something I could do :) Can you tell me how I can get this script to run > automatically on boot ? rc.local ? Yeah I know...you've helped enough > already :)
I'm glad that it works but I don't understand your rc.local request. If you add this script to rc.local, you won't be able to choose a WM, unless you want rc.local to pause and wait for you to type in the WM that you want to start. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxio0lkx9wu92kcnssrm+fjjtayrqgownja0pbt5yw...@mail.gmail.com
