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From: larryc@hpislx.HP.COM (Larry Corsa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Xinit Login Problems
Message-ID: <5820007@hpislx.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Apr 89 22:17:24 GMT
References: <47500007@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: HP Measurement Systems Operation - Loveland, CO
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>> Does anybody know how to set up X11 on the HP9000's to
>> spawn a login shell at the root window?
>> The manual gives an example using the "-L" option but
>> it crashes and burns.  A sample line from somebody's
>> /etc/inittab who has this figured out would be
>> beautiful...


The line I added to /etc/inittab looks like:

x0:3:respawn:env PATH=/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/bin HOME=/users/larryc DISPLAY=hpis
lljc:0 xinit /users/larryc/xstart ttyqf -- :0 >>/tmp/xinit.log 2>&1

The script /users/larryc/xstart looks like:

: ${WMDIR:="/dev/screen"}; export WMDIR
: ${DISPLAY:=hpislljc:0.0}; export DISPLAY
xinitcolormap -f /usr/lib/rmb/newconfig/xrmbcolormap
xsetroot -solid CadetBlue
xload =120x80-0-0 -fg red -bg wheat -bd navy -scale 2 -update 15 &
xclock =120x120-0+0 -fg black -bg wheat -bd navy -hl black -update 1 -analog &
exec hpterm =80x24+180+150 -fg blue -bg wheat -bd navy -cr gold -bw 2 -ms red -ss 7 -sb  -t "Login Window" -n "Login Window" -L "$@"


Link /dev/pty*/*qf /dev.  A listing of /dev/*qf looks like:
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other     16 0x00001f May 31  1988 /dev/ptyqf
crw-rw-rw-   2 root     other     17 0x00001f May 31  1988 /dev/ttyqf

And of course, there is an entry for Xwindow in /etc/gettydefs that looks like:

Xwindow# B9600 HUPCL PARENB CS7 # B9600 SANE PARENB CS7 ISTRIP IXANY ONCLR TAB3
#login: #Xwindow

This all works (for me, except when discless!?), and has the benefit(?) that 
logging out or ctrl-shift-reset causes a complete wipe and respawn.

Larry Corsa
Hewlett-Packard
larryc@hpislx