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On 22:30 Mon 25 Oct , Michał Górny wrote: |
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> 1) 'profile' files installed by DMs |
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> This is the most flexible yet heaviest of the possible solutions. It |
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> assumes that we set up some kind of 'session' directory in which |
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> various DMs install a single file describing how to launch them, and |
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> the XDM script tries to match one of these files and use them to set |
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> the DM up. |
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> For example, xdm would install a file like: |
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> # /usr/share/gentoo/dms/xdm |
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> exe=/usr/bin/xdm |
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> pidfile=/var/run/xdm.pid |
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> This is very close to what we do now. It still requires a lot of |
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> customization for non-typical DMs (like lxde). |
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> On the other hand, this way we could grab 'any installed DM' easily |
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> without requiring user to specify it in DISPLAYMANAGER. |
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I do like the idea of not needing to modify xdm/xinit stuff every time |
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there's a new DM. I also like the parallels with Xsessions |
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(/etc/X11/Sessions/). |
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> 2) separate init.d scripts |
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> This one is even heavier but more clean. This way, we only keep |
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> a minimal subset of DM-related code in common, and let every DM install |
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> its own init.d script. This way, we keep them clean and flexible. |
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> On the other hand, that would introduce a lot of repeating code, |
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> and user would need to explicitly add appropriate DM to the runlevel. |
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Meh. The problems you pointed out are enough to hammer the nails into |
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this one's coffin. |
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> 3) fixing DMs and a lot of guessing |
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> Many DMs resemble a common concept of executable name and pidfile. If |
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> we limited the amount of DISPLAYMANAGER possibilities, we could use |
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> an approach like: |
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> EXE=$(which ${MY_XDM}) |
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> PIDFILE=/var/run/${MY_XDM}.pid |
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> But that won't work with all current DMs, so we'll probably end up with |
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> a thing similar to what we do now... |
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The guessing games will have to be done (or pre-empted) somewhere. It |
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makes sense to me to do it in a way that pushes work onto the DM |
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maintainers (who are experts in that DM). |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Desktop project lead |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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