[Tfug] wdm on Debian woe - workaround and rant

[Neil Short]

Yeah. It's embedded. it's a laptop computer. My
desktop is FreeBSD all the way.

--- Judd Pickell <pickell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it an embedded wireless device? or something that
> you could go down to
> the store and replace for 40 bucks? Just curious..
> Seems like a lot of
> frustration if it isn't embedded.. :)
> 
> 
> On 9/22/06, Neil Short <neshort at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Neil Short <neshort at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed at reedmedia.net> wrote:
> > > .....
> > >
> > > > Also wdm's Xsession script uses:
> > > >
> > > > startup=$HOME/.xsession
> > > > ...
> > > > if [ -x $startup ]; then
> > > >         exec $startup
> > > > fi
> > > >
> > >
> > > Strange. My wdm Xsession script is really pared
> down
> > > from what I'm used to seeing on other systems:
> > >
> > > $ cat /etc/X11/wdm/Xsession
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > >
> > > # This is an Xsession wrapper for use with wdm
> to
> > > take
> > > care of the
> > > # handling of the 'NoChange' window manager
> > > selection
> > > option.
> > >
> > > if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
> > >   echo $1 >$HOME/.wm_style
> > >   shift
> > > fi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > exec /etc/X11/Xsession `cat $HOME/.wm_style` $@
> > > $
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Your ~/.xsession must be executable. Even the
> > > README
> > > > and INSTALL docs
> > >
> > >
> > > it is
> > >
> > > ======
> > > Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and
> honor
> > > the King of heaven, for all his works are truth,
> and
> > > his ways are justice; and he is able to bring
> low
> > > those who walk in pride.
> > > Daniel 4:37
> > >
> > >
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> > ok. workaround and rant:
> >
> > modification to /etc/X11/wdm/Xsession:
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > # This is an Xsession wrapper for use with wdm to
> take
> > care of the
> > # handling of the 'NoChange' window manager
> selection
> > option.
> >
> > if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
> >   echo $1 >$HOME/.wm_style
> >   shift
> > fi
> >
> > ### the following added by me #########
> > startup=$HOME/.xsession
> > if [ -x $startup ]; then
> >         exec $startup
> > fi
> > ### the previous added by me ########
> >
> > exec /etc/X11/Xsession `cat $HOME/.wm_style` $@
> >
> > ========
> > and I just start up my favorite window manager
> from
> > ~/.session
> >
> >
> > <rant>
> > I tried to compile and install wdm from source but
> the
> > configure step wouldn't complete because -- what?
> > The Debian install of WindowMaker is [also] so
> > modified by the port maintainer that the configure
> > script can't find some important wmaker tools --
> which
> > in fact do not exist on the system.
> >
> > I guess I would be happy as a peach if I were
> content
> > to accept the default behavior and the fact that I
> am
> > restricted from customizing it; but I know that
> wdm
> > was made to be customized - but the port of wdm is
> > not.
> >
> > The reason I am using Linux at all (instead of
> BSD) in
> > this case is because the BSD driver for the
> wireless
> > Atheros device is a piece of junk. Linux, as far
> as I
> > can tell, has no Atheros driver - but the one that
> is
> > circulated is a proprietary closed-source
> precompiled
> > blob; but it at least works.
> > </rant>
> >
> > The nice thing about linux is the fast
> zero-to-sixty
> > administration.
> >
> > And it still has the far less-klunky behavior and
> more
> > friendly culture than the winD'OH!s.
> >
> > ======
> > Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor
> the King of heaven, for
> > all his works are truth, and his ways are justice;
> and he is able to bring
> > low those who walk in pride.
> > Daniel 4:37
> >
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Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways are justice; and he is able to bring low those who walk in pride.
Daniel 4:37

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