Address the FIXME..

020_slim.sh

@@ -1,43 +1,51 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-echo "FIXME: does not start session on clean install, use lightdm until you fix this."
 
-exit 0
+# Define variables for the script
+USER_NAME="devuan"
+auto_login="no"
+SLIM_CONFIG="/etc/slim.conf"
+DEST="/home/${USER_NAME}"
 
-set -x
+# --- Create the .xinitrc ---
-DEST=${1:-/etc/skel}
+conf_print_xinitrc() {
-USER_NAME=${2:-default}
+  cat <<'EOF'
-
+# 1. Define variables
-cat > ${DEST}/.xinitrc <<'EOF'
 DEFAULT_SESSION=enlightenment_start
+session=${1:-$DEFAULT_SESSION}
 
-session=$1
+# 2. Run helper scripts
-
+if [ -d "${HOME}/.xinitrc.d" ]; then
-case $session in
+    for f in "${HOME}/.xinitrc.d/"*; do
-    enlightenment     ) exec enlightenment_start ;;
+        [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
-    xfce|xfce4        ) exec startxfce4          ;;
+    done
-    *                 ) exec $DEFAULT_SESSION    ;;
+    unset f
-esac
-
-if [ -d ${HOME}/.xinitrc.d ]; then
-  for f in ${HOME}/.xinitrc.d/*; do
-    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
-  done
-  unset f
 fi
+
+# 3. Export to DBus
+if command -v dbus-update-activation-environment >/dev/null; then
+    dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd --all
+fi
+
+# 4. EXECUTE the session
+case $session in
+    enlightenment) exec enlightenment_start ;;
+    xfce|xfce4)    exec startxfce4 ;;
+    *)             exec $session ;;
+esac
 EOF
+}
 
-# Set enlightenment as the default session.
+# Ensure the destination exists and write the file
-apt install -y slim
+mkdir -p "${DEST}"
+conf_print_xinitrc >"${DEST}/.xinitrc"
+chown "${USER_NAME}:${USER_NAME}" "${DEST}/.xinitrc"
+chmod +x "${DEST}/.xinitrc"
 
+# --- Configure SLiM ---
+# Note: Using '|' as a sed delimiter to avoid conflicts with path slashes
+sed -i "s|^.*auto_login.*|auto_login ${auto_login}|" "${SLIM_CONFIG}"
+sed -i "s|^.*login_cmd.*|login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session|" "${SLIM_CONFIG}"
+sed -i "s|^.*default_user.*|default_user ${USER_NAME}|" "${SLIM_CONFIG}"
 
-## /etc/slim.conf
+# Comment out sessiondir to force SLiM to use your .xinitrc logic instead of /usr/share/xsessions
-# login_cmd	exec /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession %session
+sed -i "s|^sessiondir|# sessiondir|" "${SLIM_CONFIG}"
-# sessiondir	/usr/share/xsessions/ # contains enlightenment.desktop:Exec=/usr/bin/enlightenment and xfce.desktop:Exec=startxfce4
-# default_user	devuan
-auto_login=no
-SLIM_CONFIG=/etc/slim.conf
-#sed -i "s/^.*auto_login.*/auto_login\          no/"                        	${SLIM_CONFIG} && \
-sed -i "s/^.*auto_login.*/auto_login\          ${auto_login}/"                  ${SLIM_CONFIG} && \
-sed -i "s|^.*login_cmd.*|login_cmd exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc \%session|" 	${SLIM_CONFIG} && \
-sed -i "s/^.*default_user.*/default_user\ ${USER_NAME}/"  			${SLIM_CONFIG} && \
-sed -i "/${sessiondir}/s/^/# /g" 						${SLIM_CONFIG}