[Linux-aus] Booting Into X Application

David Brodrick brodrick at fastmail.fm
Wed Sep 4 21:46:09 UTC 2002


> If your app can manage its own size, set up an .xsession or .xinitrc like
> this:
> 
> exec /usr/bin/application
> 
> Then run startx. Your app will start with no window manager or desktop
> environment. Without killing X, no one will be able to start or use software
> other than your own.

Great, thanks Jeff!

I would like my app to restart if someone shuts it down or it crashes. 

Maybe I could write a 

while /bin/true; do ./myapp; done 

type wrapper scipt and call this from .xsession. However then I still
need to call startx from somewhere. Can I do this from an /etc/init.d/
script?

Cheers again,
  Dave





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