About

This is systemd configs for able:

• auto login (user with uid 1000)
• auto start X server
• auto start IceWm
• auto start rox
• auto load X resources

Install

Copy

• Copy system configs from src/etc in to `/etc'

• Copy user configs from src/home/1000 in to to home folder

Reload systemd

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl --user daemon-reload

Enable services

sudo systemctl enable autologin.service
sudo systemctl enable xorg.service

systemctl --user enable icewm.service
systemctl --user enable rox.service
systemctl --user enable xrdb.service

Description

System

Auto login

Auto login for user with uid 1000 (in Debian 12 first created user has uid 1000)

/etc/systemd/system/autologin.service:

[Unit]
Description=Auto-login for user 1000
After=systemd-user-sessions.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl start [email protected]
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical.target

systemctl enable autologin.service

Main line is:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl start [email protected]

(1000 can be replaced with a custom uid)

uid can be seen by command:

id

X server

Auto start X at computer startup

/etc/systemd/system/xorg.service:

[Unit]
Description=Xorg server
After=plymouth-quit.service basic.target
PartOf=graphical-session.target

[Service]
Environment=XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
UnsetEnvironment=TERM
StandardOutput=journal
ExecStart=/usr/lib/xorg/Xorg.wrap -ac -s 0 -nolisten tcp :0 vt8
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical.target
Alias=display-manager.service

/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config:

allowed_users=anybody
needs_root_rights=yes

systemctl enable xorg.service

User

IceWM

~/.config/systemd/user/icewm.service:

[Unit]
Description=IceWm
After=xorg.service autologin.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/icewm-session  --nobg --notray
Slice=session.slice
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

ROX desktop

~/.config/systemd/user/rox.service:

[Unit]
Description=ROX desktop
After=xorg.service autologin.service

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rox -p Desktop
Slice=session.slice
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

X resources (colors, fonts, sizes)

~/.config/systemd/user/xrdb.service:

[Unit]
Description=X resource setting
Documentation=man:xrdb(1)
After=xorg.service autologin.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/xrdb -merge %h/.Xresources

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

~/.Xresources:

! no AA
Xft.antialias: false
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.rgba: rgb 

! COLORS
x-terminal-emulator*termName: xterm-256color
x-terminal-emulator*color15: rgb:e4/e4/e4
*foreground: rgb:b2/b2/b2
*background: rgb:08/08/08

! UTF-8
x-terminal-emulator*locale: false
x-terminal-emulator*utf8: true

! Alt, Ctrl, Win, BS
x-terminal-emulator*metaSendsEscape: true
x-terminal-emulator*backarrowKey: false
x-terminal-emulator*ttyModes: erase ^?

! SCROLLBAR
x-terminal-emulator*saveLines: 4096
x-terminal-emulator*scrollBar: true
x-terminal-emulator*scrollbar.width: 16
x-terminal-emulator*geometry: 112x32

! FONTS
x-terminal-emulator*faceName: Input Mono Condensed
x-terminal-emulator*faceSize: 16
x-terminal-emulator*renderFont: true

! VT Font Menu: Unreadable
x-terminal-emulator*faceSize1: 8
! VT font menu: Tiny
x-terminal-emulator*faceSize2: 10
! VT font menu: Medium
x-terminal-emulator*faceSize3: 12
! VT font menu: Large
x-terminal-emulator*faceSize4: 16
! VT font menu: Huge
x-terminal-emulator*faceSize5: 22

! SELECTION
x-terminal-emulator*selectToClipboard: true

! HOTKEYS
x-terminal-emulator*translations: #override \n\
  Shift <Key>Home: scroll-forw(10000000000) \n\
  Shift <Key>End: scroll-back(10000000000)

x-terminal-emulator*Translations: #override \n\
    Ctrl <Key>M: maximize() \n\
    Ctrl <Key>R: restore()

x-terminal-emulator*Translations: #override \n\
    Shift <KeyPress> Insert: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
    Ctrl Shift <Key>V:       insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
    Ctrl Shift <Key>C:       copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
    Ctrl <Btn1Up>: exec-formatted("xdg-open '%t'", PRIMARY)

x-terminal-emulator*Translations: #override \n\
    Ctrl <Key> minus: smaller-vt-font() \n\
    Ctrl <Key> plus:  larger-vt-font() \n\
    Ctrl <Key> 0:     set-vt-font(d)