Hi all -
I made this handy (for me) script that lets the user choose what GUI to run when starting X11 in OS X. It will let you choose KDE, Gnome, or just plain quartz. Of course, I recommend that if you are using KDE or Gnome that you run X11 in full screen mode, although it will run either way. The plain quartz option has no desktop manager, so I'd recommend running that in rootless mode.
To get the full use out of it, I recommend that you have installed:
fink (and FinkCommander, cause its great)
These packages from fink:
-system-xfree86 (I think it's called - sorry, not at my Mac right now. You need the place holder package for X11 is what I'm getting at. See Fink's website)
-kde-bundle
-gnome-bundle
-dialog
then, make an .xinitrc file in your home directory with the following contents:
Then make a file called .xchoose in the same place:
Now when you click on X11 you will be prompted with a very old school dialog box that will ask you what GUI you'd like to use for your X11 session.
Please let me know if there are any ways I can improve this!
bug
I made this handy (for me) script that lets the user choose what GUI to run when starting X11 in OS X. It will let you choose KDE, Gnome, or just plain quartz. Of course, I recommend that if you are using KDE or Gnome that you run X11 in full screen mode, although it will run either way. The plain quartz option has no desktop manager, so I'd recommend running that in rootless mode.
To get the full use out of it, I recommend that you have installed:
fink (and FinkCommander, cause its great)
These packages from fink:
-system-xfree86 (I think it's called - sorry, not at my Mac right now. You need the place holder package for X11 is what I'm getting at. See Fink's website)
-kde-bundle
-gnome-bundle
-dialog
then, make an .xinitrc file in your home directory with the following contents:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# $Id: xinitrc,v 1.2 2003/02/27 19:03:30 jharper Exp $
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
export PATH = $PATH:/usr/local/bin
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
if [ -f $userresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $userresources
fi
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
xmodmap $usermodmap
fi
source /sw/bin/init.sh
# start some nice programs
xterm -geom 80x24+100+100 -e "sh .xchoose"
TEMP=/tmp/xinitanswer
menuitem=`cat $TEMP`
#start the window manager
case $menuitem in
1) xterm -geom 80x24+100+100 &
exec quartz-wm
;;
2) /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm --only-proxy&
export KDEWM=kwin
startkde > /tmp/kde.log 2>&1
;;
3) /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm --only-proxy&
gnome-session
;;
4) exec quartz-wm&
startkde > /tmp/kde.log 2>&1
;;
5) exec quartz-wm&
gnome-session
;;
esac
#this just makes my alt key work...
xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Meta_L"Then make a file called .xchoose in the same place:
Code:
TEMP=/tmp/xinitanswer
dialog --menu "How can I serve you Master?" 24 80 5 1 "Apple's X11 in stock form." 2 "KDE" 3 "gnome" 4 "KDE with Quatrz (unstable)" 5 "gnome with Quartz (unstable)" 2>|$TEMPNow when you click on X11 you will be prompted with a very old school dialog box that will ask you what GUI you'd like to use for your X11 session.
Please let me know if there are any ways I can improve this!
bug