[Sussex] Shutting down from X

[Karl E. Jorgensen]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 05:20:39PM +0000, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> ok, I now have a wonderful system that boots into X and launches mysql,
> gpsd and gpsdrive automatically (thatnks geoff, thomas and others, but
> mainly thomas...</grovel>)
> 
> I now would like to shutdown the system after I exit X.

Why?  If your laptop speaks ACPI, you can set it up so that hitting the
power button will perform a clean shutdown....

> I have gpsdrive etc in my .xinitrc tyo start them at the same time as x,
> is there a file that will let me put in programes to execute after x
> quits?

If you use startx or xinit, then you can set up an ~/.xserverrc - 

    #!/bin/sh
    X :0
    # Add progs to run after X quits

If you ended up using gdm (sorry: still catching up on email...) then
you can put stuff in /etc/X11/gdm/{Pre,Post}Session too

> To ensure a secure shutdown, I plan on using sudo, keeping my root
> password from the world! :)

Don't forget that people with physical access can always yank the cable
and/or batteries....  Or if you're not careful: the whole laptop :-)

Hope this helps

-- 
Karl E. Jørgensen
karl at jorgensen.com   http://karl.jorgensen.com
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
 them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
 where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
          Henrique Holschuh
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