Windows Maker Questions [Wmaker]

[hovrashko]

Hello!
I'm building ubuntu 10.04 from CLI (from the scratch), because i need only essential and efficient distrib, so i decide to go with Windows Maker as GUI, the whole install took about 80 mb, and Firefox for some reason 330 mb, so i having trouble to get WMaker to autostart, and also auto-login. So i have read thread about renaming gdm configs to WMaker but i dont have a gdm, and i cant effort to have it on that tiny system. Any help would be appreciated:
AUTOSTART and AUTO-LOGIN with WINDOWS MAKER,

Regards,
Eric

[cariboo]

I used to use gdm when I was running wmaker, but as you say it's a bit on the heavy side. I haven't tried it, but have a look at nodm, it's in the repositories. There is also wdm, also in the repositories.

[mcduck]

One more alternative is to simply configure X to start when you log in to a certain TTY.

For example I have my lightweight Openbox system set up to load X & Openbox when I log in to TTY1. The other TTY's still work as usual, and it really makes no difference to me if I type my user name & password in a pretty GDM window or into the terminal, so I saw no need to running a DM at all.

(btw, it's Window Maker, let's leave "Windows" to Microsoft... )

[hovrashko]

hello, thank for your replays,
i have figured how to make it work with Blackbox and put the script in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc before the gui scrip with "&" to run it in the background, if anybody need details, i can share =)

[ArgusVision]

This may sound like an odd request, but go ahead and share the details so anyone searching that get's this post later might benefit from a more detailed solution.

[bioterror]

Okay, WMaker (WindowMaker. Yes, we're not making any MS OS's in here!) is my true love of the WM's.

Easiest way is to install Lubuntu or something else with all the needed packages and then install wmaker. LXDM is easy to configure.

If you want to perform some commands when the desktop appears(like nm-applet & gnome-power-manager) you can edit ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart and add these commands there like this

nm-applet &
gnome-power-manager &

This makes your wmaker installation suitable for laptop use, you can have a systemtray for the wmaker with wmsystemtray dockapp, which can be found from http://www.dockapps.org/file.php/id/355

But I would use Lubuntu as base and then build these things, becouse you get a working pcmanfm and lots of other goodies and you can concentrate on wmaker.

If you have anything else in your mind, dont hesitate to ask.

[hovrashko]

my solution:


- sudo apt-get install xinit
- sudo apt-get install xterm
- sudo apt-get install blackbox


Autologin blackbox
- Edit /etc/rc.local
- Add line “su – yourusername –c startx “ before exit 0


Startup script
- Edit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc before ./xssesion
- Add line “. /myscript &” & - run in background

Make sure to chmod +x yourscript.sh

done. =)

[mcduck]

Here's how I do it:

I just added the following lines to the end of ~/.profile:

if [ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]; then
  startx
fi

Of course you need to have your WM of choice and all the required stuff for it installed. You won't need a DM, though.

edit: I seem to have completely forgotten about the autologin requirement. If you want that, this isn't for you. But still a nice way to handle automatic X without running a DM.

[hovrashko]

Here's how I do it:

I just added the following lines to the end of ~/.profile:

if [ $(tty) == "/dev/tty1" ]; then
  startx
fi

Of course you need to have your WM of choice and all the required stuff for it installed. You won't need a DM, though.

edit: I seem to have completely forgotten about the autologin requirement. If you want that, this isn't for you. But still a nice way to handle automatic X without running a DM.

i'd like to try that but where do i find ./profile?

[mcduck]

i'd like to try that but where do i find ./profile?

It's a hidden file in your home directory. "~" is same as your home dir.