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open program in xsession from command line environment

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 781 / 2 Years ago, thu, january 27, 2022, 1:06:19

I just wondered if some old computers laying around here could still be used for some games if I completely cut off the display manager. Is there a way to start a gui program from the command line in a new (and only) Xsession, even without lxde? I doubt it doesn't need compiz, but can I somehow configure it to only show that window?

If there is, is it still easy to have at least a small border (or frame or something like that) with a cross to terminate and close the Xserver?
I'd like to use it eg. for Minecraft or Starbound.

Thanks!
-Peter

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answered 2 Years ago assionortly · Accepted Answer

I found >Start ubuntu without a desktop environment but start an X application< to be helpful here.

The best answer works for me - exept, when I put the path /media/myusername/I/have/it/on/another/partition/linux64/starbound in, it doesn't show up to choose. I read the tryExec= field looks, if the program is present, else it is ignored. It is not required though, so I'll try without that next.

UPDATE: I figured it out somehow. I played around a little, and it appears that it won't read the /usr/share/xsessions files, since their owner is root.
I had places a .sh script there to mount the partition, too, if not already aviable, but I moved it into ~/bin and now it works fine with that.

Thanks for your help, everyone!