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On Friday 13 August 2004 01:59, Anton Starikov wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> I think it could be not so bad to implement two small features: |
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> 1) Like in many distributions, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/ directory, |
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> where scripts ("services") which must be run with X for any user. |
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> OK, GDM support it by default, but the rest of DMs and startx script - |
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> not. Also, for example, xfce4 session trying to exec it one more time. |
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> So, I guess it could be not so bad to make it as standard feature in |
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> gentoo, and fix it for all DMs and startx script. Also it is possible to |
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> put scripts for xinitrc.d in some packages. For example imwheel. XXkb |
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> and so on. Things which you would like probably to start with X in any |
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> case, once you merge them. It just flexible solution in SysV style. |
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Current gdm and kdm support ${HOME}/.xprofile and /etc/xprofile that can be |
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used for this. I don't know whether the default xinitrc supports them, but |
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this is the way to go. |
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> |
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> 2) to implement some basic backward compatibility with SysV init with |
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> RH-like style (/etc/rc.d/rcX.d). Just to add some service (script) in |
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> gentoo-style for /etc/init.d which will start/stop services from |
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> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d, for example, when this service start/stop. Because |
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> some programs(mostly comercial) use it by default. Even when you merge |
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> Win4Lin from ebuild it still put scripts in RH-like init. Of course you |
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> can rewrite them. but...it seems that ebuild for something like |
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> "rhinit-compat" could be better solution. In case when you use more than |
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> one program that use RH-like init, and time to time make update of such |
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> programs. You will avoid editing of scripts. |
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The problem is that they are not really compatible. Using rh-style init |
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together with gentoo init is a recipe for disaster. |
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> Actually, I have both features implemented by myself on my machines for |
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> year. But I'm tired after each update of KDM for example, go and edit |
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> Xsession from KDM :) |
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> If there some interest, I can give patches for current versions of DMs |
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> to maintainers of correspondent ebuilds. |
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The most needed parts are allready implemented, so patches are not needed |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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