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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 > > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ > > >
