[Solved] Setting my own desktop environment

Question

Hi, I'm trying to setup my own desktop environment with the following packages:
* slim
* metacity
* compton
* wbar
This is my slim conf:
# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp vt07
# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd /usr/sbin/suspend
# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path /usr/bin/xauth
# Xauth file for server
authfile /var/run/slim.auth
# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
numlock on
# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
# hidecursor false
# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
# sessionstart_cmd some command
# sessionstop_cmd some command
# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon yes
# Set directory that contains the xsessions.
# slim reads xsesion from this directory, and be able to select.
sessiondir /usr/share/xsessions/
# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd import -window root /slim.png
# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg Bienvenido a %host
# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg Session:
# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg The system is halting...
reboot_msg The system is rebooting...
# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user simone
# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password no
# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#auto_login no
# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to
# randomly choose from
current_theme archlinux-slim-theme-whitey
# Lock file
lockfile /var/lock/slim.lock
# Log file
logfile /var/log/slim.log
Now, my desktop entry for the sessions, which is located $HOME/.config/joelDE/joelDE.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=joelDE
Comment=Mi entorno de escritorio
Exec=/home/joel/.config/joelDE/joelDE
TryExec=/home/joel/.config/joelDE/joelDE
Icon=/home/joel/.config/joelDE/joelDE.png
Type=Application
I made the symlink: ln -s /home/joel/.config/joelDE/joelDE.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/joelDE.desktop and it DOES appears in slim sessions (F1), now jolDE script:
#!/bin/bash
# mi propio entorno
(sleep 1s && metacity --replace &)
bash $HOME/.fehbg &
xscreensaver -no-splash &
(sleep 1s && compton --config $HOME/.config/compton.conf -b) &
(sleep 1s && wbar) &
and finally my .xinitrc:
#!/bin/bash
# ~/.xinitrc
if [[ ! "$1" ]]; then
WM_Name=startxfce4
else
WM_Name=$1
fi
setxkbmap -layout latam
if [ -z "$GTK_PATH" ] ; then
GTK_PATH="/usr/lib/gtk-2.0"
else
GTK_PATH="$GTK_PATH:/usr/lib/gtk-2.0"
fi
export GTK_PATH
if [ -z "$GTK_MODULES" ] ; then
GTK_MODULES="canberra-gtk-module"
else
GTK_MODULES="$GTK_MODULES:canberra-gtk-module"
fi
export GTK_MODULES
export LANG=es_MX.UTF-8
echo ${WM_Name} >$HOME/DE_name.txt
if [ ${WM_Name} != "startxfce4" ]; then
export DESKTOP_SESSION=${WM_Name}
export GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0
exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session ${WM_Name} >$HOME/xinitrc-log.txt 2>&1
else
exec ${WM_Name} >$HOME/xinitrc-log.txt 2>&1
fi
# :~ EOF
This is the thing: after choosing "joelDE" in slim sessions it shows a black screen and rerun slim...
1.- Doesn't SLim run x11?
2.- If not, how do I call it?
Thanks!
Last edited by Joel (2014-07-14 04:37:30)

Answer 1

Try moving the metacity line in joelDE to the end of the file and remove the last '&':
#!/bin/bash
# mi propio entorno
bash $HOME/.fehbg &
xscreensaver -no-splash &
(sleep 1s && compton --config $HOME/.config/compton.conf -b) &
(sleep 1s && wbar) &
sleep 1s && metacity --replace
With startx, and I think that this is true for SLiM as well, your X session will last as long as your ~/.xinitrc (or, I think more technically, the exec $whatever that may be at the end of the file).  So if everything in ~/.xinitrc forks (or in your case, your joelDE script), that script will complete immediately, and the X session will exit with it.