Fedora enrolls gnome3 and gdm by default, some things need to be done to run WindowMaker and ibus here for me:
Some other things related to x like detecting and handling multiple monitors (on the road vs. using docking station when I disable the internal screen) are here: thinkpad notes
# Let's ensure basic xorg is installed. dnf group list hidden dnf group install 'LXDE Desktop' # install # - windowmaker # - wmdocker to run the networkmanager applet # - xdm # - xorg-x11-xinit-session to run window manager from ~/.xsession dnf -y install WindowMaker WindowMaker-extra wmdocker \ xorg-x11-xdm xorg-x11-xinit-session cd /etc/systemd/system rm default.target ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/graphical.target default.target rm display-manager.service ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/xdm.service display-manager.service # as user configure wmaker: echo 'exec wmaker' >>~/.xsession chmod +x ~/.xsession # systemctl disable gdm.service # systemctl enable xdm.service # did work outofthebox for f16: ensure sound works properly for the user # add desktopuser to these groups, vi /etc/group: # video, audio, pulse, pulse-access, nm-openconnect
Traditionally I have permission problems. Usually this works:
wmdocker & # run docker, place to have nm-applet xhost + su - export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 nm-applet # now root can input passphrases, make them also available for users - so # after this the user can also access the network.
In the past this worked:
# Things have changes, this if no longer valid # now fix permissions for my linuxuser 'chris' to be able to control NetworkManager via policykit: cat >/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d<<EOT [nm-applet] Identity=unix-user:chris Action=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.* ResultAny=yes ResultInactive=no ResultActive=yes EOT
# configure to have /etc/rc.local used again, this is no longer default # see also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737047 ln -s /etc/rc.local /etc/rc.d/rc.local systemctl enable rc-local.service systemctl start rc-local.service
yum -y groupinstall 'Japanese Support' # now in users homedir craft appropriate .xsession file su - chris cat >~/.xsession<<EOT export TZ='Europe/Berlin' pulseaudio --start ibus-daemon --xim --daemonize export IMSETTINGS_INTEGRATE_DESKTOP=yes export IMSETTINGS_MODULE=ibus export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus exec wmaker EOT
yum -y install xorg-x11-fonts-misc.noarch xterm xterm \ iso8859-2-misc-fonts.noarch ucs-miscfixed-fonts.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-misc.noarch # having xterm pick up urls by mouse doubleclick cat >>~/.Xdefaults<<EOT ! Make it easier to grab URLs by double-clicking: *.charClass:33:48,35:48,37:48,43:48,45-47:48,61:48,63:48,64:48,95:48,126:48,35:48,58:48 ! XTerm*charClass:33:48,35-38:48,42-43:48,45-47:48,58:48,61:48,63-64:48,126:48 ! Here is a test url: ! https://www.redhat.com EOT cd ln -s .Xdefaults .Xresources # install xinput to configure scrolling using thinkpad nipple + middle mousebutton # yum whatprovides '*/bin/xinput' yum -y install xorg-x11-apps
# yum whatprovides '*/xlock' yum -y install xlockmore xautolock vi ~/.xsession # bevore wmaker is started run a line like this: xautolock -locker 'xlock -mode blank' &
This is not done from .xsession since windowmaker is not running at the time that file is executed.
# this runs docker (small empty places for applets on windowmaker) and then nm-applet # which places itself in docker cat >>~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart<<EOT /home/chris/randback.pl >/tmp/randback.log wmdocker & wmdocker & gkrellm & nm-applet & EOT
Without any apparent reason (no updates or changes I am awar of), no longer sound in any applications. Following commands fixed it:
#!/bin/sh DEVICE='alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo' ACTIVE_SINK=$(pacmd list-sinks | grep 'active port' | awk '{ print $3 }') if [ "$ACTIVE_SINK" = "<analog-output-speaker>" ]; then WHAT=analog-output echo "[*] Enabling $WHAT on $DEVICE." pacmd set-sink-port $DEVICE $WHAT > /dev/null else WHAT=analog-output-speaker echo "[*] Enabling $WHAT on $DEVICE." pacmd set-sink-port $DEVICE $WHAT > /dev/null fi exit 0
Further workaround (thanks to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ThinkPad_mute_button ):
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