From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:42:29 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: xinitrc: Spawn fallback terminal if window manager fails to start.
X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?p=config%2Fdotfiles.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1106778939e4fcea2077a48b145f0cdcc55cbe17

xinitrc: Spawn fallback terminal if window manager fails to start.
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diff --git a/xinitrc b/xinitrc
index aa5bfaf..387614d 100755
--- a/xinitrc
+++ b/xinitrc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # startx configuration file.
 
-# Copyright (C) 2011-2013  Simon Ruderich
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2014  Simon Ruderich
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -150,15 +150,24 @@ fi
 (urxvt || rxvt || xterm) &
 
 # Start window manager.
+failed=
 if installed herbstluftwm; then
-    herbstluftwm --locked >~/.config/herbstluftwm/log 2>&1
+    herbstluftwm --locked >~/.config/herbstluftwm/log 2>&1 || failed=1
 elif installed xmonad; then
-    xmonad
+    xmonad || failed=1
 elif installed stumpwm; then
-    stumpwm
+    stumpwm || failed=1
 else
-    error 'no window manager found (sleeping for 3600 seconds)'
-    sleep 3600
+    failed='no window manager found'
+fi
+# Fallback in case my window manager failed to start. Otherwise X terminates
+# the session immediately (because xinitrc finishes).
+if test -n "$failed"; then
+    if test x"$failed" = x1; then
+        failed='failed to start window manager'
+    fi
+    error "$failed (spawning fallback terminal)"
+    urxvt || rxvt || xterm
 fi