Hey! 2011/10/19 Michał Siejak <mic...@siejak.pl>: > Hello. > > Recently I've written a simple program for myself and I think it fits > well into minimalistic suckless philosophy, so I present to you XLSH > or eXtended Login Shell. Let me paste a chunk of relevant info from > the README file: > > A simple login shell with readline functionality and PAM integration. > * When run stand-alone on a virtual console it can replace standard > "login" program. > * When run in cooperation with X daemon component (xlshd) it can > replace XDM/GDM/KDM. > > Features: > * Small and simple, written entirely in C. > * Easily hackable because of compact codebase (~1000 source lines). > * Uses PAM for authorization and session management. > * Ability to select non-default shell/window manager during logon. > * Entirely keyboard driven display manager replacement (when used with xlshd) > without the need for any fat libraries or GUI toolkits. > * Defaults configured before compilation, some of them can be changed by > setting few environment variables. > * Single shell script file (/etc/xlsh/xlshrc) for customizing how > xlshd launches xlsh. > * Introduces a concept of "pre-login shell" known from GNU/HURD. > * Only *three* important commands: 'login', 'reboot' and 'shutdown'. > * New commands can be easily added (if you need any) by editing xlsh.c > * Username autocompletion on TAB. > * Zenburn color scheme by default (when run under X). > > So that's it. I grew tired of XDM/GDM/KDM so I rolled my own solution. > I currently run it both on my ttys and instead of XDM. It serves me > well, I find simple keyboard shell-like interaction very comfortable > and it fits into my awesome WM look & feel (which is also Zenburn).
Sounds pretty awesome. I was also very tired of GDM and KDM and their bloatness. I tried SLiM at some point, but then for some reason it stopped working (I think I did an upgrade) and had to fall back to GDM. I've had a Linux box for quite a while now, but I don't quite know what needs to be done to replace GDM with XLSH. So, if anyone can help on that, it would be great -- I'm running Ubuntu, but I am sure I can replicate any instructions you might give for your ArchLinux box. Also, I was wondering how it behaves on a dual screen setup (if you got a chance to test it) and whether it automatically runs the .xsession file (which starts DWM). Thanks for sharing your work and I am waiting for some sort of tutorial to make it run on my machine. Catalin > > Source code is here: https://github.com/Nadrin/xlsh > Example screenshot is here: https://github.com/Nadrin/xlsh/wiki > > If any of you guys find it useful let me know. :) Constructive > criticism/peer review is more than welcome. > > Cheers! > -- > Michał Siejak > > -- ****************************** Catalin David M.Sc. Smart Systems 2012 B.Sc. Computer Science 2010 Jacobs University Bremen Phone: +49-(0)1577-49-38-667 Hans-Hermann-Sieling-Strasse 2A Bremen, 28759 Germany ******************************
