On Sun 15 Dec 2013 at 06:29:52 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > JFTR, I am running FVWM and have the following: > tal% less .xsessionrc > /home/chrisb/background.sh & > > xterm -fn 10x20 -xrm "XTerm.vt100.background: #CCA8AA" -xrm \ > "XTerm.vt100.foreground: blue" -geom 120x15 & > tal%
You start an xterm. Remember that a script executes each line sequentially and only moves on to the next line if the previous command completes. The xterm is put in the background; the command has completed. There is no next line in .xsessionrc so /etc/X11/Xsession moves on from 40x11-common_xsessionrc to 50x11-common_determine-startup. Here it first looks for ~/.xsession. You haven't got one so it goes on to investigate /usr/bin/x-window-manager. This file links to x-window-manager in /etc/alternatives. I bet this points to fvwm in your case! All is right with the world; so you think :). > I use startx. If I rename .xsessionrc to .xsession then X bails out > on starting and I am returned back to the prompt. >From xinit(1) The xinit program is used to start the X Window System server and a first client program . . . Once that client program completes execution xinit exits; that is, X goes away. Your .xsession contains a single backgrounded command. Guess what? [Snip] > So it seems I'm going to have to go through the startup sequence *again* > and try to figure out why X/FVWM won't start with a .xsession file. :( Put exec fvwm after the xterm command in .xsession. This command does not complete and .xsession doesn't close. You've summoned X, give it a chance to show off what it can do :). > Thanks Brian for putting me on the right path, although it is with mixed > blessings :) Bob Proulx posts were the inspiration. Although I had sorted out the use of startx to my satisfaction many years ago, his recent mails caused me to look again at how Debian handled it. MORAL: ,xsession - good. .xinitrc or .xessionrc - bad (unless you really know what you are doing and have special needs). EXERCISE: You decide 'exec fvwm' is a splendid idea but decide to keep your .xsessionrc and put the extra line in it. Discuss the consequences. -- 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/20131214202556.gn5...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
