Re: Executing script on X login
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Erik Steffl wrote:
> problem 1 (that's just something to be careful about): if you just
> have the default x-window-manager it can be replaced during update and
> when you restart WM the X session will crash/end.
>
> problem 2 (IMO serious alternative issue): even if you set up the
> x-window-manager to whatever you want manually and alternatives promises
> to not touch it (see the docs) it actually does change it (it switches
> the x-window-manager to another WM), I am not sure why because I always
> found out about it too late. You restart your WM and the X session is gone.
Well, I don't administrate the boxes that I'm using. I'm just an end
user. If the window manager is changed, that's fine. I just want my
programs to load on login without having to duplicate the X startup
scripts.
I'm surpised that the X startup scripts take this all or nothing approach.
You can either take the system config or short circuit it with .Xsession
or .xinitrc. There really should be a user file that can be sourced even
if the two other files do not exist and the system startup is used. This
would allow users such as myself to move a X startup script from one
machine to another without modification and without worrying about which
window manager is installed on the machine.
> I filed the bug, there was a discussion on mailing list (iirc
> debian-devel) etc. no result (other than nothing:-). not sure if the
> problem still persists (I am not using x-window-manager anymore).
Can an end user such as myself file a bug report or do I have to email a
developer or maintainer? I'd really like to see the feature that I
described above added to Debian. I'd be glad to do it myself as it just
looks like shell scripts for the X startup. How does one get involved
with Debian to contribute such changes?
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Matt Perry | matt at primefactor dot com
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