On Tue, 19 May 2015 12:57:39 -0400
"Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> .
> I start the computer and login normally with the keyboard, Everything
> works normally until I "startx." Then the graphic login screen is
> displayed and the cursor blinks waiting for me to enter the password
> but I can not, at that point the mouse and keyboard are not
> responding. It seems something is botched in my attempt to shoe horn
> X into the system?
That's weird. I installed a minimal F21 using netinstall from the
server version, and did exactly what you have done - bolted X on. I
don't use a greeter, though, just a script to startx with the flavor of
window environment I want. I never see a password prompt when starting
X. It starts as the user I have logged in as on the console.
I use a .Xkbmap file in my ~ directory to select the keymapping since I
use a custom mapping. I had to put that mapping in the proper
directory under X, of course, so X could find it.
Here's the script if you want to try it instead of the greeter / window
manager. I used to be able to run on vt10 prior to F21, so I could
look at console 1 for X messages while it was running. But something
changed in F21, and this no longer works, but hangs forever. I haven't
got around to tracing why. Probably something in the way consoles are
managed by systemd changed. This is old, so not sure if all the options
work still. I know that gnome, kde, xfce, mate, cinnamon, xterm, fvwm
and lxde do.
#! /bin/bash
#X Window Manager Chooser Script
# run the default common X initialization scripts
# By using ~/.Xclients instead of ~/.xinitrc
# this is run automatically
#source /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common
XCLIENTS=/home/$USER/.Xclients
echo '*** Replacing existing ~/.Xclients or creating new one.'
echo '#! /bin/bash' > $XCLIENTS
echo ' ' >> $XCLIENTS
chmod +x $XCLIENTS
if [ "$1" = fb ]; then
echo 'exec startfluxbox' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting Fluxbox...'
elif [ "$1" = ob ]; then
echo 'exec openbox-session' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting Openbox...'
elif [ "$1" = fv ]; then
echo 'exec fvwm' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting FVWM...'
elif [ "$1" = en ]; then
echo 'xset b off s 10000 -dpms &' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec enlightenment_start' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting Enlightenment (E17)...'
elif [ "$1" = lx ]; then
echo 'exec startlxde' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with LXDE...'
elif [ "$1" = xf ]; then
echo 'exec startxfce4' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with XFCE...'
elif [ "$1" = xt ]; then
echo 'exec xterm' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with xterm...'
elif [ "$1" = kd ]; then
echo 'STARTKDE="$(type -p startkde)"' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec $STARTKDE' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with KDE...'
elif [ "$1" = gn ]; then
echo 'GSESSION="$(type -p gnome-session)"' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec $GSESSION' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with Gnome...'
elif [ "$1" = ma ]; then
echo 'MSESSION="$(type -p mate-session)"' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec $MSESSION' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with MATE...'
elif [ "$1" = ci ]; then
echo 'CSESSION="$(type -p cinnamon-session-cinnamon2d)"' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec $CSESSION' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with cinnamon...'
elif [ "$1" = li ]; then
# echo 'exec dm-tool --session-bus switch-to-user stan lightdm' >>
$XCLIENTS echo 'exec dm-tool switch-to-user stan lightdm &' >> $XCLIENTS
# echo 'exec dm-tool switch-to-greeter lightdm' >> $XCLIENTS
# echo 'exec dm-tool add-local-x-seat 10 switch-to-greeter lightdm'
>> $XCLIENTS echo 'Starting X with lightdm...'
else
echo -e "\n"
echo -e "\n"
echo Hello, $USER\! Which WM will it be this time?
echo -e "\n"
echo 'Type the two letter code for the window manager you want.'
echo 'Fluxbox - fb ; Enlightenment (E17) - en ; Openbox - ob ; Xterm
- xt ;' echo 'FVWM - fv ; XFCE - xf ; LXDE - lx ; KDE - kd ; GNOME -
gn ; MATE - ma' echo 'cinnamon - ci'
echo 'Hitting enter on blank line will take the default, GNOME unless
you change it.' echo 'Enter window manager code as argument to script
and avoid this interaction.' echo 'Type Ctl-C to cancel selection.'
read WMGR
if [ "$WMGR" = fb ]; then
echo 'exec startfluxbox' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting Fluxbox...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = ob ]; then
echo 'exec openbox-session' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting Openbox...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = fv ]; then
echo 'exec fvwm' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting FVWM...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = en ]; then
echo 'xset b off s 10000 -dpms &' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec enlightenment_start' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting E17...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = lx ]; then
echo 'exec startlxde' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with LXDE...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = xf ]; then
echo 'exec startxfce4' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with XFCE...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = xt ]; then
echo 'exec xterm' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with xterm...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = kd ]; then
echo 'STARTKDE="$(type -p startkde)"' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec $STARTKDE' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with KDE...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = gn ]; then
echo 'GSESSION="$(type -p gnome-session)"' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec $GSESSION' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with Gnome...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = ma ]; then
echo 'MSESSION="$(type -p mate-session)"' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec $MSESSION' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with MATE...'
elif [ "$WMGR" = ci ]; then
echo 'CSESSION="$(type -p cinnamon-session-cinnamon2d)"' >>
$XCLIENTS echo 'exec $CSESSION' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with cinnamon...'
elif [ "$1" = li ]; then
# echo 'exec dm-tool --session-bus switch-to-user stan lightdm' >>
$XCLIENTS echo 'exec dm-tool switch-to-user stan lightdm' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Starting X with lightdm...'
else
echo 'GSESSION="$(type -p gnome-session)"' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'exec $GSESSION' >> $XCLIENTS
echo 'Default to starting X with Gnome...'
fi
fi
sleep 3
# the vt10 specifies to X which virtual terminal to start on, not sure
if need -keeptty
# the -- tells startx that the client specification is over, here in
the .xinitrc file from above
# there is also a ttyXX option that seems to do exactly what the vtXX
option does.
startx
#startx -- vt10
#startx -- tty10
exit 0
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