On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 02:46:04PM +0200, stepharo wrote: > > On 20/9/14 08:48, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > >Hello Stepharo, > > > >Thanks for writing in the detailed email. > > > >Last night I got Pharo to work on my Ubuntu Server system with minimal X > >and running in full-screen mode without any extra baggage like a window > >manager, worked like a charm. > > super! > I would be good to be able to publish the script and result somewhere.
Not much of a script as such. Put your Pharo image, changes and sources files in your home directory. create/edit a file called .xinitrc containing only "exec pharo-vm-x" (without quotes) within your home directory. Start the X session by issuing "startx" at the command line, and the GUI should be up with Pharo as the only application, no need for even a window manager. Next, just set the Pharo session to use full-screen mode by bringing up the "World" menu inside Pharo, go to the "Windows" sub-menu, and choose "Toggle Full Screen mode", and voila, you have a Pharo full-screen session, as if it's your GUI, remember to save the changes when you quit the Pharo session (which will drop you back to your *nix shell). The next time you issue "startx" within your home directory, the GUI presented would be Pharo. :) Still working on making Pharo the only shell running directly atop the Linux kernel with X as the windowing system, yeah, tried Linux FB, failed. Best, ~Mayuresh
