Re: Start Desktop Manager

From: Helmut Schneider (jumper99_at_gmx.de)
Date: 12/17/03


Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:24:05 +0100

Jorgen Moquist wrote:

>> using Sol9 SPARC I would like to know how to start the Desktop. As I
>> connect via putty I would like to start it from the shell. X
>> Forwarding is active and working (xterm works fine). I was looking
>> for kde, cde, gdm and xdm but it either does not exist (yeah, I
>> know, KDE has to be installed seperatly) or does not do anything.
>>
>> Thanks, Helmut
>>
> i used to use this script, its lousy but worked:
> set the correct DISPLAY and...
>> startcde.sh
> /Jörgen
> ------startcde.sh----------
> #!/bin/sh
> # script: startcde.sh
> DISPLAY=youre-host:x.x ; export DISPLAY
> PATH=:${PATH}:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb; export PATH
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/ucblib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> #exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit /usr/dt/bin/Xsession >> $HOME/.cde.log
> 2>&1 exec xinit /usr/dt/bin/Xsession >> $HOME/.cde.log 2>&1

Xsession! Phantastic! It works! Yeah!!! :)

Hint from my side: connect via putty/ssh -X and forward your X11
session (sshd_config). There is no need to change $DISPLAY manually.
When connected just enter "/usr/openwin/bin/Xsession" and have fun.

Thanks a lot, Helmut

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