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Re: [LUG] Custom dmrc entry?

 

On 2/27/07, Grant (DCGlug) <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently setting up a "spare" computer as a "media centre"
> (God, I hate that term).  MythTV is in and seems to run quite nicely.
> GDM is now set to autologin the mythtv user.  However, it would seem to
> login to Gnome.  I have tried having a ~/.dmrc file that contains
> nothing but this:
>   exec mythfrontend
> however, it gets overwritten when GDM autologsin.  I have tried creating
> a ~/.xinitrc file, but it would seem that GDM doesn't use these.
>
> Does anyone know how I can get mythfrontend to start automagically *on
> it's own* (ie without having the whole of Gnome/KDE/whatever loaded
> alongside it) when GDM autologsin the mythtv user?


try using the ~/.xsession file to do what you want

I have used this to run qemu when i login as windows.

What ever program you run you want the command to block untill it
quits then run call exit and you are back at your login prompt.



-- 
Robin Cornelius
http://www.byteme.org.uk

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