.xinitrc for XFce patch suggestion

[Olivier Fourdan]

Ric,

- How does that work on various (non Linux) platforms ?
- How does that work with other than bash shells ?

These are important questions, because although Linux is the primary
platform for some of us, being able to work on several unices is one of
the requirements for xfce.

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 19:27, Ric wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> When the current .xinitrc for XFce4 is run as login:root
> there is a ... long message printed into  .xsession-errors 
> that is Jamie Zawlinski's personal opinion on how everyone
> should run Linux.  I won't replay it here...
> I endured the Zawlinski message about logging into the
> system as root for quite a long time (whenever I logged
> into the system as root).  Besides being irritating ( and
> .none. of JZ's business when or if I log into my own system
> as root) it takes up too much space in
> /root/.xsession-errors.  When I look at ~/.xsession-errors
> I have problems and do not need the space to be *wasted*
> with trivial messages.
> A couple of years ago, I had enuf and (easily)created a
> patch to .xinitrc for XFce.  I have never had any problem
> with it.
> 
> The script that replaces the current XSS script, without
> comments:
> 
> if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver ] 
> then
>    if [ $UID = 0 ] 
>    then	
> 	if [ '/sbin/pidof xscreensaver' > 0 ]
> 	then	
> 	   echo "XSS is already running."
>    	else
> 	      xscreensaver &		
>   	fi
>    else	
> 	xscreensaver-command -exit	
> 	xscreensaver -no-splash -lock-mode &	
>    fi
> fi
> ##EndXSS
> 
> 
> This is it with comments.  Only the section for loading
> xscreensaver(XSS) is included here.
> 
> # Launch xscreensaver, if available
> # xscreensaver -no-splash -lock-mode &
> ##use a test for existence first + do not start w/ locking
> if $USER=root
> ## this eliminates a lot of *stuff*, e.g., that ... message
> from JZ
> 
> if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver ] 
> then
>    if [ $UID = 0 ] 
>    	then	##root's logged in
> 			##test if xss is already running
> 			if [ '/sbin/pidof xscreensaver' > 0 ]
> 			then	##xss is already running, which ALWAYS seems to be
> true
> 					##true in Mandrakesoft v9.0
> 			## write an 'info' message-will be in ~/.xsession-errors
> 			echo "XSS is already running."
> 			## nothing is appropriate 2B here -'cept maybe? return 0
> or break -?
>    		else				
> 			## root's logged in but xss is not running
> 			## start it (with splash & no lock as UID=nobody)
> 			## note:locking only works when xscreensaver is launched
> by a
> 			## normal,non-privileged user(e.g., not "root"; root pid
> is always=0.)
> 	   	xscreensaver &		
>   			fi	# it was already running or was just started
>    	else	## root is NOT logged-in
> 		## can start xss but kill it b/4 start
> 		xscreensaver-command -exit	
> 		##start it as $USER 
> 		xscreensaver -no-splash -lock-mode &	
>    fi
> fi
> ##EndXSS
> 
> 
> It works here - been working since MDK 7.2 days...
> 
> 
> Comments?  
> 
> Ric
> 
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Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org>
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