[Thinstation-general] Start/Restart X

[Barry R. <B.R...@la...>]

Here's a tricky one. This is what I want to do:

  Boot thinstation. Start a custom package, which will be a console package:

  Produce a text menu with two selections: "Linux Service" or "Windows 
Service".

  If user chooses "Linux Service" it then connects to a Linux box via 
XDM for login.

  If user chooses "Windows Service" it connects to a Windows box via 
rdesktop.

  When user logs out, go back to the menu.

The problem seems to be in controlling the X server.  For the Linux 
service I need to start "X -query linuxbox" and get it to exit X when 
the user logs out (which I think there's an Xserver option for). So 
that's not too much of a problem.

For the Windows Service, I need to start X, run one rdesktop client, and 
then when the client terminates exit the X server (and get back to the 
console). I think this is what xinit does. Has anyone got a compiled 
xinit for Thinstation (2.0)? Or can it be done in shell with judicious 
use of the bash 'wait' builtin?

I'd also have to figure out how the xf86config file is built - seems to 
be all controlled by /etc/init.d/x.

Hmmm. Oh well, any help appreciated!

Baz