Re: Executing script on X login

From: Matt Perry (matt_at_primefactor.com)
Date: 09/10/04

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    Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 16:47:38 -0700 (PDT)
To: Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>

    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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