Local Desktop

#!/bin/bash # # Simple shell script to launch an experimental Firefox desktop. # If X is already running, switch to another virtual terminal # (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F2) before running this program. You may have to # wait 45 seconds or more for everything to finish loading. # # You will need the TightVNC server and Java applet viewer installed. # You will also need a local Web server to actually use the desktop; # see the comment at the end of this script for an example Web page. # # Since Firefox runs without a window manager, you can install the # Web Developer Toolbar extension: # https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60 # to control the window size. # # *** If you use a similar configuration over a network (i.e. the # *** browser is on a different machine from the VNC server) remember # *** to protect the VNC traffic (usually by tunnelling over SSH). # Start a Gnome desktop. tightvncserver :1 -geometry 800x600 unset SESSION_MANAGER gnome-session --display :1 & # Start OpenOffice. You can use another window manager, such as Ion. # In general, a tiling window manager works best here. tightvncserver :2 -geometry 800x600 ratpoison --display :2 & sleep 3 # Wait a little until ratpoison is ready for commands. # This is *not* reliable for production use. ratpoison --display :2 -c 'exec openoffice' # Start Firefox. The part of the line after the "--" sets the X # display; the default is 0. If you already have an X session # running, display 0 is probably taken. xinit /usr/bin/firefox -- :3 # Example Web page for the experimental Firefox desktop. # The viewer applet should be in the "classes" subdirectory, # in the same directory as the Web page. Note the port parameter; # 5901 corresponds to X display 1, 5902 to X display 2, etc. # # You will need two such pages (one with port 5901, the other with # 5902) to display the Gnome desktop and OpenOffice, launched above. # Browse to "localhost/". You can bookmark these pages # just like any other page. # # # # Local Desktop # # #

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