The X Config

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: The X Config
started by: Mahjong

Posted by Mahjong on Aug. 07 2006,19:54

I want use DSL to configure my X Server on Debian (on DSL the X runs perfect, so i would like to copy the xconfig from DSL to my Debian install). But I cant find the X Config of DSL, were can i find it.

Sorry 4 my bad English.

Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 07 2006,21:32

The X server in DSL is not compatible with the default server in Debian. DSL uses a minimal server which accepts only commandline parameters (stored in .xserverrc) rather than a full-featured configuration file.

Debian typically includes one or more x configuration programs that might help you build a config file.

Posted by jls legalize on Aug. 08 2006,09:42

to get autoconfiguration u can use knoppix.

legalize cannbis, etc.
jls

Posted by charliez on Aug. 17 2006,18:08

Sorry to thread jack... but what X server does DSL use?

Or more importantly... how do I find out what options are available to the X server because I'd really like to turn off control+alt+backspace on mine.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Aug. 17 2006,18:32

DSL uses TinyX/Kdrive, which comes with a subset of programs afaik. You could man tinyx

You could use the same config in Debian if you installed the same things I suppose.

Posted by charliez on Aug. 17 2006,20:04

Bummer... no man for TinyX installed on my system so I used Google to find there really aren't many options for this server.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Aug. 17 2006,20:25

tbh, I don't understand why you would want to disable ctrl+alt+bkspace. It's like taking out ctrl+alt+del.

Posted by charliez on Aug. 17 2006,23:13

For a remastered DSL into a kiosk of course.

Funny you should mention control+alt+delete because I wanted to strip that out too. What I ended up doing was create a loop script in /usr/bin and called it xlock.

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#!/bin/sh
while $(/bin/true)
do
startx
done

Then I

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chown root:root /usr/bin/xlock

and

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chmod 755 /usr/bin/xlock

and then

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perl -pi -e 's/startx/xlock/g' $source/etc/skel/.bash_profile

The beauty is, that looping actually kills both ctrl+alt+backspace AND ctrl+alt+delete so win/win for my setup. My end result will be a frugal hard drive install so people can use some aging pc's for Citrix Metaframe access.