First rough version of the chroot scripts

startmandrake1.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+mnt=/mnt
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+if [ "$(sudo ls -A "$mnt" | wc -l)" = 0 ]; then
+  ./mount.sh
+fi
+if [ "$( (sudo ls -A "$mnt/home/georges/Documents" || true) | wc -l)" = 0 ]; then
+  sudo mkdir -p "$mnt/home/georges/Documents"
+  sudo mount --bind /home/georges/Documents "$mnt/home/georges/Documents"
+fi
+if [ "$( (sudo ls -A "$mnt/home/georges/outside_of_chroot" || true) | wc -l)" = 0 ]; then
+  sudo mkdir -p "$mnt/home/georges/outside_of_chroot"
+  sudo mount --rbind / "$mnt/home/georges/outside_of_chroot"
+fi
+
+signal_x_ready="$(tempfile)"
+
+sudo chroot "$mnt" /home/georges/Documents/git/my/config-mandrake-chroot/startmandrake2.sh "$signal_x_ready" &
+chroot_startmandrake_pid="$!"
+
+# Wait for the chrooted X to be ready
+while [ ! -e "$mnt/$signal_x_ready" ]; do
+  echo "Waiting for X to start up …"
+  sleep 0.5
+done
+
+# Start a terminal with access to the outer config & files.
+echo =================================
+echo =================================
+echo =================================
+echo =================================
+echo =================================
+echo =================================
+set -x
+set +e
+(source /home/georges/.profile; sleep 5; DISPLAY=:1 xfce4-terminal) &
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo ---------------------------------
+echo ---------------------------------
+
+wait $chroot_startmandrake_pid

startmandrake2.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+source /etc/profile
+
+signal_x_ready="$1"
+
+X -bpp 32 :1 &
+x_pid="$!"
+
+export DISPLAY=:1
+
+while ! xsetroot -solid gray; do
+  sleep 0.1
+done
+
+xhost +local:
+
+touch "$signal_x_ready" # tell the outer system that our X is ready.
+
+su georges -c "startkde"
+
+sleep 5
+kill "$x_pid"