Son of Silas
May 8th, 2008, 09:47 AM
I have built a Xubuntu Hardy PC, that I would like to boot directly into the application Wah!Cade, rather than a full blown desktop. The application has a forum that has many threads detailing how to do this although they don't seem to apply to Xubuntu. An example of one such set of instructions is:
there is a way to start the system with wahcade. I did it the following way:
You need the program mingetty.
Then in the /etc/inittab file you will find lines like
Code:
1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
I changed this line starting with 1 (there are six of it for every shell you get with alt + f* keys) to
Code:
1:23:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin username tty1
where username is the user who starts the x-system.
Then edit the ~/.xsession file so that the last line says something like
Code:
Eterm -e wahcade -f
if you use Eterm as an X-Terminal.
I don't seem to have a /etc/inittab file (nor would I know what one did even if i did have one).
Can someone please tell me how I bypass Xfce and just boot directly into an application? (preferably in words of one syllable ;-) )
Thanks
there is a way to start the system with wahcade. I did it the following way:
You need the program mingetty.
Then in the /etc/inittab file you will find lines like
Code:
1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
I changed this line starting with 1 (there are six of it for every shell you get with alt + f* keys) to
Code:
1:23:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin username tty1
where username is the user who starts the x-system.
Then edit the ~/.xsession file so that the last line says something like
Code:
Eterm -e wahcade -f
if you use Eterm as an X-Terminal.
I don't seem to have a /etc/inittab file (nor would I know what one did even if i did have one).
Can someone please tell me how I bypass Xfce and just boot directly into an application? (preferably in words of one syllable ;-) )
Thanks