Re: [gentoo-user] Re: went from x86 to ~x86: no more X11

[Joshua Murphy <poisonbl@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@xunil.at> wrote:
> Am 09.12.2009 16:31, schrieb walt:
>
>>> So it seems more gdm/gnome-related to me, right?
>>
>> That would be my guess.  I don't use gdm so I don't know how to fix it.
>> I use startx with "exec /etc/X11/Sessions/gnome" in my ~/.xinitrc. You
>> could try that to see if gnome starts correctly.
>
> Yep, that works!
>
> So I could see how to always start X via startx or research where gdm
> fails. Thanks for helping me this step further ...
>
> S

Well, on my netbook, where I have to give a passphrase to access the
encrypted root anyhow (and am, therefore, not terribly interested in
typing yet more passwords moments later), I have this...

in /etc/inittab:
...
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
c7:345:respawn:/usr/sbin/auto_start_x.sh
...

and /usr/sbin/auto_start_x.sh:
#!/bin/bash
ASXFILE="/var/run/asx.pid"
if [ ! -r /etc/nologin ] ; then
  if [ -f $ASXFILE ] ; then
    XPID=`head -1 $ASXFILE`
    if NAME=`ps -p $XPID -o command=` ; then
      OLDNAME=`tail -1 $ASXFILE`
      if [ "$NAME" == "$OLDNAME" ] ; then
        sleep 5
        exit 1
      else
        rm -f $ASXFILE &>/dev/null
      fi
    else
      rm -f $ASXFILE &>/dev/null
    fi
  fi

  /bin/su myuser -l -c "startx >/dev/null 2>&1" &
  XPID=$!
  NAME=`ps -p $XPID -o command=`
  echo $XPID > $ASXFILE
  echo $NAME >> $ASXFILE
  wait $XPID
  exit $?
fi
# ** End auto_start_x.sh


Respawns on close/crash... doesn't allow attempts to start more than
once (hence the 'lockfile' type hack in the script), doesn't break on
a stale lockfile, and does whatever the user ('myuser' should be
replaced with a real username) wishes in terms of WM/desktop by way of
the user's ~/.xinitrc ... and all without ever asking me for a user
password.

-- 
Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy