x windows and login

bloodyscript · 01-05-2007, 01:36 AM

hi i have been trying to configure x windows or my linux machine to just load up a media player or the internet browser with out a window manager dose anyone have any ideas as to how i could accomplish this

im also wondering if its posible to just logon to linux like you hit power and it powers up linux and now ur logged in

raskin · 01-05-2007, 02:09 AM

try running
xinit /usr/local/bin/firefox

Also look at twm as window manager: it allows moving, minimizing and resizing windows and running xterm - that's pretty much all. Maybe ratpoison will interest you.

To make automatic login you need editing /etc/inittab . Read man agetty (or what you have there), you can run something instead login, for example 'login user'.