On Tue, 19 May 2015 14:38:57 -0400
"Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA" <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I called it START, it looks like it may need some changing, will I
> have to remove [comment] the lines referring to stuff I don't have?
>
> [bobg@raspberrypi ~]$ ./START
> *** Replacing existing ~/.Xclients or creating new one.
> ./START: line 109: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
> ./START: line 109: ` echo 'CSESSION="$(type -p
> cinnamon-session-cinnamon2d)"' >>'
>
>
No, unless you select them it will ignore them. The problem is that
when I pasted the script, some of the lines wrapped, and so the wrapped
portion is out of context and generates errors. Here is a version
pasted without wrap. If you select lightdm as the started service, you
will have to change the switch-to-user to be your username instead of
mine.
#! /bin/bash
#X Window Manager Chooser Script
# run the default common X initialization scripts
# By using ~/.Xclients instead of ~/.xinitrc
# this is run automatically
#source /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common
XCLIENTS=/home/$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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