Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 22:14:12 -0500 From: "Vlad D.Markov" <dvoich@optonline.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the "thinnest" display manager available? Message-ID: <20131130031412.GA54490@bashful.dwarf7.net> In-Reply-To: <5293C1D4.3010608@rawbw.com> References: <5293C1D4.3010608@rawbw.com>
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 01:32:04PM -0800, Yuri wrote:
> I want to have as few packages installed as possible, and I want to use
> small window manager (dwm). But what is the thinnest display manager
> available? I know kdm and gdm both work, but both pull a ton of
> dependencies which I don't want.
>
> Features required:
> * automatic start (through /etc/rc.conf)
> * automatically run xorg and window manager of choice
> * automatically login a particular user
> * not many or no dependencies
>
> What is the smallest display manager that qualifies?
>
> Or maybe there is an easy way to run xorg + WM with some simple shell
> script? Anything like this ready to use?
>
> Yuri
I do just what you are asking.
1. The following entry is in /etc/ttys
ttyv8 "/usr/local/sbin/xstart" xterm on secure
2. contents of /usr/local/sbin/xstart
#!/bin/sh
tty="/dev/${1}"
/usr/bin/su - [user] /usr/local/bin/startx -- -dpi 100 < ${tty} >${tty} 2>&1
3. ~user/.xinitrc
<snip>
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch startfluxbox
I use fluxbox or fvwm as my window manager. Both work fine.
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