From 4cd22cb86e94c6bb4731d0fb876d7c5637037d22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Hofstaedtler <christian@hofstaedtler.name>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 19:40:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] don't rely on update-alternatives

---
 grml-x | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/grml-x b/grml-x
index 64d910e..6874c92 100755
--- a/grml-x
+++ b/grml-x
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # License:       This file is licensed under the GPL v2.
 ###############################################################################
 
-import os, subprocess, sys, tempfile, time, traceback
+import fileinput, os, subprocess, sys, tempfile, time, traceback
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
 class Section(object):
@@ -160,20 +160,36 @@ def main():
         for depth in [8, 15, 16, 24, 32]:
             screen.subsect += "SubSection \"Display\"\n\tDepth %d\n\tModes \"%s\"\t\nEndSubSection\n" % (depth, options.mode)
 
-    if len(args) == 1:
-        window_manager = args[0]
-        wm_path = which(window_manager)
-        if not wm_path:
-            print "E: Cannot find window manager %r, aborting." % window_manager
-            return 2
-        run_program(["sudo", "update-alternatives", "--set", "x-window-manager", wm_path])
-
-    config_empty = True
-    if monitor or device or len(screen.data) > 0 or screen.subsect != '':
-        config_empty = False
+    xinitrc = '~/.xinitrc'
+    if 'XINITRC' in os.environ: xinitrc = os.environ['XINITRC']
+    xinitrc = os.path.expanduser(xinitrc)
+
+    window_manager = 'x-window-manager'
+    if len(args) == 1: window_manager = args[0]
+    window_manager_path = which(window_manager)
+    if not window_manager_path:
+        print "E: Cannot find window manager %r, aborting." % window_manager
+        return 2
+
+    wm_exec = "exec %s\n" % window_manager_path
+    if not os.path.exists(xinitrc):
+        f = open(xinitrc, 'w')
+        f.write("#!/bin/sh\n")
+        f.write(wm_exec)
+        f.close()
+    else:
+        f = open(xinitrc, 'r')
+        lines = f.readlines()
+        f.close()
+        f = open(xinitrc, 'w')
+        for line in lines:
+            if line.startswith('exec '): line = wm_exec
+            f.write(line)
+        os.fchmod(f.fileno(), 0750)
+        f.close()
 
     # write new config
-    if not config_empty:
+    if monitor or device or len(screen.data) > 0 or screen.subsect != '':
         try:
             f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
             f.write('# Automatically generated by grml-x.\n')
@@ -187,15 +203,7 @@ def main():
             f.close()
 
     if options.start_server:
-        xinitrc = '~/.xinitrc'
-        if 'XINITRC' in os.environ: xinitrc = os.environ['XINITRC']
-        xinitrc = os.path.expanduser(xinitrc)
-        startx = ['startx']
-        if os.path.exists(xinitrc):
-            startx.append(xinitrc)
-        else:
-            startx.append(which('x-window-manager'))
-        startx.append('--')
+        startx = ['startx', xinitrc, '--']
         if options.display: startx.append(':' + options.display)
         print "Starting X: %r" % startx
         run_program(startx)
-- 
2.1.4