In a message a few minutes ago, I wrote:
> I've just installed 5.0/amd64 (from the CD set) on a Lenovo
> Thinkpad T60 laptop (dmesg below). I'm running GENERIC.mp. I
> will probably move to -stable soon, but right now I'm running
> -release. X autoconfigures and works nicely (1680x1050 pixels,
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log below), *but* occasionally it hangs. :( :(
[[...]]
A few other details:
I'm not running xdm. I normally login at the console, then type
"startx&;logout" to start X. My .xinitrc is as follows (the ICON_X1
and ICON_X2 magic is to allow this same .xinitrc to work on two laptops
with different screen resolutions):
--- begin /home/jonathan/.xinitrc ---
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export PATH
xterm -C -g 80x28+0+0 -bw 4 -fn 7x14 -fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb
-si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
HOST=`hostname -s`
export HOST
DOMAIN=`domainname`
export DOMAIN
##xsetroot -solid grey15
xsetroot -solid black
xset m 2 10
##xset b 10
xset r on
xset r rate 250 40
# make Caps Lock key be another control key
# thanks to Philip Guenther for suggesting how to get this right!
xmodmap - <<'EOF'
remove Lock = Caps_Lock
keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
add control = Control_L
!! Swap Caps_Lock and Control_L (adapted from the xmodmap(1) man page)
!!remove Lock = Caps_Lock
!!remove Control = Control_L
!!keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
!!keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
!!add Lock = Caps_Lock
!!add Control = Control_L
EOF
# workaround for broken right-arrow on helium: map page-L/R to L/R arrow
# defaults on helium:
# Page-left = keycode 234 = no keysym
# Page-right = keycode 233 = no keysym
# Left-arrow = keycode 100 = keysym Left
# Right-arrow = keycode 102 = keysym Right
xmodmap - <<'EOF'
keycode 234 = Left
keycode 233 = Right
EOF
xclock -g 55x56-0+0 -update 60 -fg white -rv -pad 0 -bw 0 &
xbatt -g 40x56-18+0 -bw 0 & # logically this should be -g ...-56+0, but
# for some reason it comes out too far left
# that way
xmeter -g 50x56-96+0 -bw 0 -fn 6x10 -rv -sn -scpu 101 -update 1 -cpu $HOST &
##xcalc -g 200x300-192+0 -xrm '*iconGeometry:64x80-120+0' -iconic -rv &
sleep 1
xterm -g 80x68+0-0 -bw 4 -fn 7x14 -fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb
-si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x38-0+56 -bw 4 -fn 7x14 -fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb
-si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x28-0-0 -bw 4 -fn 7x14 -fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb
-si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
case `xdpyinfo | grep dimensions: | awk '{print $2}' -` in
1680x*) xterm -g 80x58+572-0 -bw 4 -fn 7x14 -fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl
2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
ICON_X1=-690
ICON_X2=-625
;;
*) ICON_X1=+595
ICON_X2=+660
;;
esac
xterm -g 80x30+0+136 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X1}+0" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30+0+190 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X1}+20" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30+0+244 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X1}+40" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30+0+298 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X1}+60" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30+0+352 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X1}+80" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30+0+406 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X1}+100" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30-0+136 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X2}+00" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30-0+190 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X2}+20" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30-0+244 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X2}+40" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30-0+298 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X2}+60" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30-0+352 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X2}+80" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
xterm -g 80x30-0+406 -iconic -xrm "*iconGeometry:${ICON_X2}+100" -bw 4 -fn 7x14
-fg white -bg black -j -rw +s -sl 2000 +sb -si -sk +sf -wf -cm &
##ctwm -n
twm
--- end /home/jonathan/.xinitrc ---
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<jth...@astro.indiana-zebra.edu>
Dept of Astronomy & IUCSS, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."
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