Hi all:
I tried to make the setting apply globally by editing the file /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession file by putting the sames two lines:
##### metacity --sm-disable exec firefox #####
But it did not work. It gives me this error:
"Cannot start the session due to some internal error."
In my case, i would like any user to login to my system and can only use firefox. Could someone please help me to fix it?
Regards, Khem
On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 11:49 +0700, khemera lin wrote:
I've wanted to this too but could not succeed. Thanks for the great tip. May I further ask: is there an easy way to apply it to all users on the system? I've tried putting the same thing in /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession but it did not work.
Thanks, Khem
On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 10:34 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 24Jan2007 20:41, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu m3freak@rogers.com wrote: | On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 10:20 +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > Get rid of the "&". | > | > The duration of the .xsession script is the duration of your login. | > Normally you would kick off a few things in the background with "&" | > (terminals, browsers, whatever) and finally start a window manager | > _without_ an "&". In this way the script is waiting for the window | > manager - quitting the window manager logs you out. | > | > So you want to start a single app _instead_ of a window manager. | | Thank - that's the explanation I was looking for. I should have | realized that backgrounding the terminal wasn't what I wanted to do. | | Here's what I ended up doing: | | exec /usr/bin/metacity --sm-disable & | exec /usr/bin/gnome-terminal --window --full-screen | | I think I'm doing that right. I'm not sure if I should have two exec | lines. It is working though: when I exit the gnome-terminal, I get | logged out, which is exactly what I wanted.
Good.
You don't need two exec lines. You don't even need one:-)
Using "exec" _replaces" the shell running the script with the program being called. Normally the called program is a child of the shell. For the last program in a script it can be a tiny performance win to exec it, since the shell is no longer needed.
Using "exec" with a "&" is harmless but also useless.
So I would write:
metacity --sm-disable & exec gnome-terminal --window --full-screen
I normally try to avoid full pathnames to executables - things will just break if the system layout is changed. Do you type full paths at your shell prompt? Rarely I would hope:-) Scripts are no different.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson cs@zip.com.au DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/