Hello,
Thank you very much for that script, CDE started right a way fine on a
Ubuntu (12.04 LTS) 32bit VM. With proper Desktop-Manager-selection list
from the login screen and working login/logout and session restore. In 1997
I used the desktop first, when I started my studies, now more than 10 years
later, I could login again ;-)
As I went through the hasle of setting a custom desktop background I
noticed right away the limitations (file-format, numer of colors). Creating
a custom action for starting Firefox, with custom icon worked also fine. To
get the proper display resolution I needed to first login using the default
Ubuntu-Login, then log-out and then login using the CDE-desktop. The
scroll-wheel did not work, as somebody before also noticed already.
Best,
Chris
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:50 PM, John Reed <serverni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Finally got it working. My final script to automate the install, compile,
> and configuration all in one shot here:
>
>
> #Do all steps as root
>
> #Install and configure portmap and rpcbind for CDE
> apt-get -y install portmap rpcbind
> cd /etc/init
> mv portmap.conf portmap.old
> sed 's/OPTIONS=\"-w\"/OPTIONS=\"-w -i\"/' < portmap.old > portmap.conf
>
> #Install the rest of the required packages
> apt-get -y install git build-essential libxp-dev libxt-dev libxmu-dev
> libxft-dev libmotif4 libmotif-dev libxaw7-dev libx11-dev x11-xserver-utils
> libjpeg-dev libfreetype6-dev tcl-dev ksh ncompress xfonts-100dpi
> xfonts-100dpi-transcoded bison xbitmaps
>
>
> #Use git to download latest source
> mkdir -pv ~/src/cdesktopenv-code
> cd ~/src
> git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code cdesktopenv-code
> cd cdesktopenv-code/cde
>
> #Link X11 headers
> mkdir -p imports/x11/include
> cd imports/x11/include
> ln -s /usr/include/X11
>
> #Build
> cd ~/src/cdesktopenv-code/cde
> make World
>
> #Install
> cd ~/src/cdesktopenv-code/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools
> ./installCDE -s ~/src/cdesktopenv-code/cde
> cd ~/src/cdesktopenv-code/cde/admin/IntegTools/post_install/linux
> ./configRun -e
> chmod -R a+rwx /var/dt
> mkdir -p /usr/spool/calendar
>
> #Link to lightdm
> cat > /usr/share/xsessions/cde.desktop << "EOM"
> [Desktop Entry]
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Name=CDE
> Comment=Use this session to boot into the Common Desktop Environment
> Exec=/usr/dt/bin/startxsession.sh
> Icon=
> Type=Application
> EOM
>
> cat > /usr/dt/bin/startxsession.sh << "EOM"
> #!/bin/sh
>
> export PATH=$PATH:/usr/dt/bin
> export LANG=C
> /usr/dt/bin/Xsession
> EOM
>
> sudo chmod 775 /usr/dt/bin/startxsession.sh
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 4:01 PM, John Reed <serverni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a small update on the issue. When I try running as a Single User
>> (4.1 in the steps for the Linux build), it works and logs right into the
>> desktop. If I run the steps for 4.2 instead, it sits at blue screen saying
>> "Starting CDE..." but only after logging into the dtlogin "Login Manager".
>> Same goes if I log in from lightdm.
>>
>> It seems that running under Single User works. If I log in using any form
>> of login manager, it fails (or actually freezes at the "Starting CDE" blue
>> splash screen and does nothing).
>>
>> Also, I never mentioned that I compiled this under x64 Ubuntu 12.04. I
>> never tried under x86 but will plan on giving that a shot next.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:40 PM, John Reed <serverni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I haven't had any time to try this again with the suggestions you have
>>> made. Work has been a little taxing on my time. I do have the steps to
>>> re-produce the problem, which I have made in a build-script for Ubuntu
>>> 12.04. It seems to do the trick to get the same results both times I've
>>> tried (each starting off on a fresh install of 12.04 - I've been trying
>>> this on clean installs on a VM):
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> #Do all steps as root
>>>
>>> #Install required packages
>>> apt-get install git build-essential libxp-dev libxt-dev libxmu-dev
>>> libxft-dev libmotif4 libmotif-dev libxaw7-dev libx11-dev x11-xserver-utils
>>> libjpeg-dev libfreetype6-dev tcl-dev ksh ncompress xfonts-100dpi
>>> xfonts-100dpi-transcoded rpcbind bison xbitmaps portmap
>>>
>>> #Use git to download latest source
>>> mkdir -pv ~/src/cdesktopenv-code
>>> cd ~/src
>>> git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdesktopenv/code cdesktopenv-code
>>> cd cdesktopenv-code/cde
>>>
>>> #Link X11 headers
>>> mkdir -p imports/x11/include
>>> cd imports/x11/include
>>> ln -s /usr/include/X11
>>>
>>> #Build
>>> cd ~/src/cdesktopenv-code/cde
>>> make World
>>>
>>> #Install
>>> cd ~/src/cdesktopenv-code/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools
>>> ./installCDE -s ~/src/cdesktopenv-code/cde
>>> cd ~/src/cdesktopenv-code/cde/admin/IntegTools/post_install/linux
>>> ./configRun -e
>>> chmod -R a+rwx /var/dt
>>> mkdir -p /usr/spool/calendar
>>>
>>> #Link to lightdm
>>> cat > /usr/share/xsessions/cde.desktop << "EOM"
>>> [Desktop Entry]
>>> Encoding=UTF-8
>>> Name=CDE
>>> Comment=Use this session to boot into the Common Desktop Environment
>>> Exec=/usr/dt/bin/startxsession.sh
>>> Icon=
>>> Type=Application
>>> EOM
>>>
>>> cat > /usr/dt/bin/startxsession.sh << "EOM"
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> export PATH=$PATH:/usr/dt/bin
>>> export LANG=C
>>> /usr/dt/bin/Xsession
>>> EOM
>>>
>>> sudo chmod 775 /usr/dt/bin/startxsession.sh
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Frederic Koehler <
>>> f.koehler...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:18 AM, Marcin Cieslak <sa...@saper.info>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > On Sun, 4 Nov 2012, John Reed wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Hello Jon,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I did follow those steps and it will run but when I go into it via
>>>> the
>>>> >> lightdm, it basically stays at the "Starting the Common Desktop
>>>> >> Environment" blue screen with the /usr/dt/bin/ttsession -s process
>>>> pegging
>>>> >> the CPU at about 80-90%. Not sure what to do but I don't get this if
>>>> I
>>>> >> disable lightdm from startup and just run it from the command
>>>> console.
>>>> >
>>>> > I think I was debugging this problem with John on IRC and after
>>>> > some debugging we found out that ttsession probably runs fine
>>>> > (it is listed in "rpcinfo -p" and the TCP port is reachable,
>>>> > so no rpcbind problems), but something is strange with
>>>> > a DISPLAY variable or something so that dtsession is unable
>>>> > to contact the X server, or something like that.
>>>> That's interesting. At least once there was an issue because the X
>>>> server only allows "local" connections with e.g. DISPLAY=:0 but not
>>>> what seems equivalent, e.g. DISPLAY=localhost:0. So maybe something
>>>> similar is happening here [shot in the dark - and i don't really know
>>>> why this problem wouldn't manifest _always_].
>>>>
>>>> In that case testing with e.g. Xephyr -ac would hopefully work, though.
>>>> >
>>>> > There was some entry in $HOME/.dt logs about wrong DISPLAY,
>>>> > wasn't it? Or maybe it's some generic X authentication problem.
>>>> >
>>>> > //Marcin
>>>> >
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