RE: Auto start of X in linux

I think I found the how, I am just not yet willing to invest the time to
make it work. If you search for Afterstep on the Redhat sight you will get
some info and you can do a:
man afterstep
in Linux and get even more info (use "q" without quotes to exit the man
page).

There is also a utility called wmconfig (window manager config) that seems
as if it is what you use to make it easer to handle and there was another
reference to a different utility I don't remember.

Hope this helps.


Tim
[Denver, CO]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian W. Wright [mailto:Ian@...]
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 1999 3:41 AM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Auto start of X in linux
>
>
> From: "Ian W. Wright" <Ian@...>
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> The stupid thing decided to behave itself this morning. Thanks for the
> info on how to find Afterstep - I like it and am now using it too but I
> can't find any documentation on it either. I'm sure it should be
> possible to add icons for other programmes if only we could find out
> how.
>
> Tim Goldstein wrote:
> >
> > From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
> >
> > Don't have any idea on the password as it works fine on the 3 different
> > systems I have Linux on. I haven't learned the trick of adding
> items to the
> > menu's in X either. I just spent a little time wading through a few man
> > pages and it looks as if you need to add some scripting to the
> files your
> > Xwindow manager reads on startup.
> >
> > I don't know if you are still using the default manage, but I
> am now using
> > AfterStep. You can try out the different managers by selecting
> the switch to
> > option you see when you go to the shut down menu item.
> >
> > Tim
> > [Denver, CO]
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ian W. Wright <Ian@...>
> > > Thanks Tim and Ron,
> > >
> > > I have altered my system so it does now boot into the X-server and it
> > > does so fine apart from one annoyance which it seems to have acquired.
> > > When I get to the graphic login screen and type in my login
> and password
> > > it is always rejected on the first attempt and accepted on the second
> > > (that is, I have to repeat the login process before the
> machine is happy
> > > and will proceed) - any ideas? I have also followed Tim's
> suggestion re
> > > the floppy disk mod and this is much easier.
> > > In addition I have installed Star Office 5.0 (which is free) and I'm
> > > very impressed, however, (there always seems to be an 'however' with
> > > linux doesn't there?) I don't seem to be able to find any coherent
> > > instructions anywhere as to how I can put an instruction for this to
> > > start on request on an icon or menu. Can you point me in the right
> > > direction or give one of your simple 'how-to lessons' please?
> > >
> > > I did take note of Ron's warning about potential difficulties in
> > > starting a dodgy X-server but I noticed in one of the 'man' pages that
> > > you can get out of trouble by booting the machine with a 'linux 1'
> > > command which I think I will be able to do easily as I have
> installed a
> > > multi-boot system in lilo.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Ian