On Wed, 15 Apr 2015, August Karlstrom wrote: > On 2015-04-14 17:10, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Apr 2015, August Karlstrom wrote: > >> What advantages do you see with adding your own udev rule compared > >> to simply starting a ConsoleKit session? > >> > >> exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch <your-wm> > >> > >> instead of > >> > >> exec <your-wm> > > > > None really, except to keep system overhead as small as possible. > [...] > > I wanted the smallest, lightest install of Wheezy 64-bit I could > > get. I started with a basic terminal system and added the rest > > piece by piece. > > That's what I do too. I have a script that installs a few packages > and configurations on top of a basic Debian server installation. > > > So, I just don't run (or have installed) a lot of "support" stuff > > that normal "desktop" systems do. I even boot to a terminal where I > > login, then manually start X and Openbox with startx. > > I agree, for me a display manager is one of those unnecessary > features. Since I almost always want to use a GUI, however, my > ~/.profile ends with > > #start an X session when logging in on the first virtual console > if [ "$(tty)" = /dev/tty1 ] && [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then > exec startx > ~/.xsession-errors 2>&1 > fi
I didn't get that fancy. I just type in "startx." As I leave my system running 24/7, it's not that inconvenient. > > Writing my own udev rules was in keeping with that minimalism. > > I tried to do that myselft but I never got it working. That's why I > had to resort to ck-launch-session. It took me a while to get the hang of rule writing, and I still am not that good at it. Lots of research and trial and error. I still haven't gotten the cd/dvd rule working 100%. Can't get the unmounting to work when the disc is ejected. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150415083043.4163d...@debian7.boseck208.net
