Re: Start only one program at login

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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/
> > 
> 

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