On 24 January 2016 at 11:52, Michael Fothergill < michael.fotherg...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Dear Folks, > > I am running debian stretch on an AMD machine: > > AMD A4-3400 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics > > on a Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 board. > > I had the display manager that comes with the xfce window manager > installation set up to allow a choice between xfce and the enlightenment > environment. > > I then installed openbox and noticed that the display manager saw it and I > had choice to use either of the three window managers when I logged in. > > I experimented with openbox and I think it's rather good. > > I notice that there is package called consolekit that you can install > which would allow you to start up openbox without a conventional display > manager being installed. > > If you want to use consolekit then I think you are meant to add the > following line to the xinitrc file (which seems to live in /etc/X11/xinit/ > ) : > > exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session > openbox-session > > The xinitrc file I am interested in looks like this: > > *************************** > > #!/bin/sh > > userresources=$HOME/.Xresources > usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap > sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/Xresources > sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/Xmodmap > > # merge in defaults and keymaps > > if [ -f $sysresources ]; then > > > > > > > > xrdb -merge $sysresources > > fi > > if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then > xmodmap $sysmodmap > fi > > if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then > > > > > > > > xrdb -merge "$userresources" > > fi > > if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then > xmodmap "$usermodmap" > fi > > # start some nice programs > > > if [ -n "`/etc/X11/chooser.sh`" ]; then > command="`/etc/X11/chooser.sh`" > else > failsafe="yes" > fi > > if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then > for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?* ; do > [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f" > done > unset f > fi > > if [ -n "$failsafe" ]; then > twm & > xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & > xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & > xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & > exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login > else > exec $command > fi > > ************************************************ > > Running the consolekit is apparent done as follows: > > root #/etc/init.d/consolekit start > > My question is: how would I best modify the above script to add the > openbox start up command line? > Forget this, I have got it to start the openbox session...... > > Regards > > Michael Fothergill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Climostat Ltd Rm 5169 The Heath Business & Technical Park The Heath Runcorn Cheshire WA7 4QX Tel. 01 928 515 015
