[Coco] Does anyone know how to boot a Linux machine straight to a CoCo emulator?

[Barry Nelson]

On SuSE linux, you might be able to edit /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager (I have not tested this). Set
DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="cocoemuuser"
where cocoemuuser is the name of a user (not root) on your system to auto login. Set
DISPLAYMANAGER_PASSWORD_LESS_LOGIN="yes"
Finally, create a .xinitrc in that users home directory containing something like this:

====
#!/bin/bash
#
# Sample .xinitrc for SuSE Linux
# This script is called from 'startx' when you start an X session
#

#
# In case everything goes wrong, we at least fall back to a plain xterm
#
failsafe="xterm -ls -T Failsafe -geometry 80x24-0-0"
trap "exec $failsafe" EXIT SIGHUP SIGINT SIGPIPE SIGTERM SIGIO

#
# Some bash (1 and 2) settings to avoid trouble on a
# failed program call.
#
set +e > /dev/null 2>&1
set +u > /dev/null 2>&1
set +o posix  > /dev/null 2>&1
if type shopt > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
    shopt -s execfail
else
    no_exit_on_failed_exec=1
fi

#
# Source common code shared between the
# X session and X init scripts
#
. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.common

#
# Special for twm
#
case "$WINDOWMANAGER" in
    *twm) xsetroot -solid darkslateblue
esac


#
# Run CoCo emulator here
#
cd /directory/where/emulator/is/installed
mess coco3 &

# 
# finally start the window manager
#
unset WINDOW_MANAGER STARTUP
exec $WINDOWMANAGER ${1+"$@"}

# call failsafe
exit 0
====





> John Guin johnguin at hotmail.com 
> Sat Dec 5 00:49:24 EST 2015
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Marc Charbonneau
> Sent: Friday, December 4, 2015 9:23 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Does anyone know how to boot a Linux machine straight to a CoCo emulator?
> 
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:49 PM, John Guin <johnguin at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm thinking that this should be as easy as a batch file in windows to 
> > boot windows, then immediately launch an emulator full screen.
> >
> >
> >
> > But I am not familiar enough with Linux to know how to do this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know how to do this or could point me to a reference for this?
> > Debian if that matters.
> >
> >
> You want to start it right after you login ?
> Depends on what Window Manager you are using.
> 
> Or maybe you don't want a window manager, just that emulator running.
> 
> -----
> 
> Correct - I want to go straight to the emulator while only loading the bare minimal linux overhead.