import os import string import kudzu import isys import sys import time from xf86config import * def startX(): global serverPath global mode os.environ['DISPLAY'] = ':1' serverPath = None print "Probing for mouse type..." mice = kudzu.probe (kudzu.CLASS_MOUSE, kudzu.BUS_UNSPEC, kudzu.PROBE_ONE); if not mice: raise RuntimeError, "Unable to find a mouse!" device = None mouseProtocol = None (mouseDev, driver, descr) = mice[0] if mouseDev == 'psaux': mouseProtocol = "PS/2" mouseEmulate = 0 else: mouseProtocol = "Microsoft" mouseEmulate = 1 x = XF86Config ((mouseProtocol, mouseEmulate, mouseDev)) x.probe () if x.server: serverPath = '/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_' + x.server else: print "Unknown card, falling back to VGA16" serverPath = '/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_VGA16' if not os.access (serverPath, os.X_OK): print serverpath, "missing. Falling back to VGA16" serverPath = '/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_VGA16' settings = { "mouseDev" : '/dev/' + mouseDev , "mouseProto" : mouseProtocol } f = open ('/tmp/XF86Config', 'w') f.write (""" Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" EndSection Section "Keyboard" Protocol "Standard" AutoRepeat 500 5 LeftAlt Meta RightAlt Meta ScrollLock Compose RightCtl Control XkbKeymap "xfree86(us)" XkbKeycodes "xfree86" XkbTypes "default" XkbCompat "default" XkbSymbols "us(pc101)" XkbGeometry "pc" XkbRules "xfree86" XkbModel "pc101" XkbLayout "us" EndSection Section "Pointer" Protocol "%(mouseProto)s" Device "%(mouseDev)s" Emulate3Buttons Emulate3Timeout 50 EndSection """ % settings) f.write (x.monitorSection ()) f.write (x.deviceSection ()) x.modes["8"] = [ "640x480" ] x.modes["16"] = [ "640x480" ] x.modes["32"] = [ "640x480" ] f.write (x.screenSection ()) f.close () server = os.fork() if (not server): print "starting", serverPath os.execv(serverPath, [serverPath, ':1', '-xf86config', '/tmp/XF86Config', 'vt7']) # give time for the server to fail (if it is going to fail...) time.sleep (1) pid, status = os.waitpid (server, os.WNOHANG) if status: raise RuntimeError, "X server failed to start" child = os.fork() if (child): try: pid, status = os.waitpid(child, 0) except: sys.exit (-1) sys.exit((status >> 8) & 0xf) return ((mouseProtocol, mouseEmulate, mouseDev), x)