How to start browser on boot for all users

[nassausky]

It's now fun-time with linuxbbq-academy with the wmii window manager. Very small and seems it might do the job for what I want.

The issue now is creating a snapshot with having a browser (qupzilla) startup on boot. Such a simple question for almost everyone but I get lost with all the different versions of linux I played with. I apologize because in the past I made hacks and haven't really put everything exactly where things belonged but I want to do it right for a quicker startup time.

I love how fast linuxbbq boots and even found a way to remaster and it's been treating me good so far with about a dozen custom snapshots made so far with bork & chickenwings as the base.

All I had to do to remaster (snapshot) while running a LIVE session was add this exclusion parameter

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--exclude ="/lib/live/mount

to the bbqsnapshot script in /usr/local/bin and search for

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rsync -av --progress /myfs / --delete

around line 227 and add that exclusion parameter above into the rsync copy argument after the delete argument.

Here is what I did

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rsync -av --progress / myfs/ --delete --exclude="/lib/live/mount" --exclude="$ work_dir" --exclude="$snapshot_dir" --exclude-from="$snapshot_excludes"

That is thanks to a translated page at https://debianforum.de/forum/viewtopic. ... 5&t=155267

but now the problem is figuring out what file to add "qupzilla &" to so that all users have it automatically started after they login.

I'm going to play for the time being and probably get it working but I would like to check back here to see if what I finally did matched up the 'correct' or preferred way to startup a qupzilla gui browser session for the wmii window manager in a debian derivative.

Sorry & Thanks for any help.

[machinebacon]

I really don't get it why people fuck around with the snapshot script instead of editing the configuration file for it.

/usr/lib/bbqsnapshot/snapshot_exclude.list

add:

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- /lib/live/overlay
- /lib/live/image
- /lib/live/rootfs
- /lib/live/mount
- /run/*

Put the "qupzilla &" into ~/.xinitrc and /etc/skel/.xinitrc before the "exec x-window-manager" line

[nassausky]

Good to know... Will give it a run with using the exclude file.

Got it to before your tips when I put qupzilla & at the end of ~/.wmii/wmiirc_local but will change it over to ~/.xinitrc and dupe it for new users in /etc/skel/.xinitrc so will try your technique out soon.

I actually previously tried it after "exec x-window-manager" but it didn't load up. Thought I had to load up the window manager before loading the qupzilla GUI

Thanks for the direction..

[vim]

I really don't get it why people fuck around with the snapshot script instead of editing the configuration file for it.

Thanks. That is better than my old workaround. Perhaps someone can update http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php/Bbqsnapshot

I think a lot of user only want re-re-re-roast usb-sticks without installations.

[nassausky]

Amen it works praise to Baconator. Yes documenting it would be sweet cause otherwise I sin and delve into other non-saintly sources haha.



Thanks

[machinebacon]

http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php/Xinitrc
http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2074#4

It's there ;)

The Magic Process is exec x-window-manager if this is the last line, else it is whatever comes after it. You could have an xclock popping up, and when you close the xclock, the whole X session quits:

...
exec x-window-manager &
xclock

But let's keep it normal. exec x-window-manager as last and you are safe.

[rhowaldt]

^ ha, cool, never thought of it like that. thanks for the illumination :)

[machinebacon]

^ taken from evilwm's documentation, actually: https://github.com/kek/evilwm/blob/master/README