How do I start an application fullscreen without loading IceWM desktop environment?

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                          ## Setup

- ARM computer FriendlyARM mini210s
- Debian Linux 3.0.8 (armv7l) + IceWM

## How can I start an application alone without the desktop environment?

For the sake of prototyping I want to start Chromium alone in fullscreen.

In /usr/share/xsessions/ I found 2 files:

    root@FriendlyARM:~# ls -al /usr/share/xsessions/
    
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  238 Feb 18  2013 IceWM.desktop
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  204 Feb 18  2013 icewm-session.desktop


### root@FriendlyARM:~# more /usr/share/xsessions/IceWM.desktop 

    [Desktop Entry]
    Encoding=UTF-8
    # The names/descriptions should really be better
    Name=IceWM
    Comment=This is the window manager IceWM
    Comment[de]=Dies ist der Fenstermanager IceWM
    Exec=/usr/bin/icewm-session
    Icon=icewm.xpm
    Type=Application

### root@FriendlyARM:~# more /usr/share/xsessions/icewm-session.desktop

    [Desktop Entry]
    Version=1.0
    Encoding=UTF-8
    Name=icewm
    Name[en_US]=icewm
    Comment=Simple and fast window manager
    Terminal=false
    Exec=icewm-session
    TryExec=icewm-session
    
    [Window Manager]
    SessionManaged=true

Assuming that this is the right way to do it, how do I tweak these files to achieve my objective?
                        

Asked by zabumba (954 rep)

Jan 26, 2015, 04:35 PM
Last activity: Nov 7, 2024, 08:27 AM

How do I start an application fullscreen without loading IceWM desktop environment?

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