changed default session chooser and vmware image chooser.

defaultwm and kursimages were replaced through runvmware --xdm all and
--xdm vm
there is an improved error handling in runvmware, aswell.
servconfig changed due to this modifications.



git-svn-id: http://svn.openslx.org/svn/openslx/trunk@473 95ad53e4-c205-0410-b2fa-d234c58c8868

6 files changed, 145 insertions, 358 deletions

diff --git a/vmware/defaultwm b/vmware/defaultwm
deleted file mode 100755
index a8d00eb5..00000000
--- a/vmware/defaultwm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Description:  Session chooser for kdm/gdm
-#
-# Author(s):    Michael Janczyk <mj0@uni-freiburg.de>, 25-10-2006
-#
-# Copyright:    (c) 2003, 2006 - RZ Universitaet Freiburg
-#
-# Version:      0.2.472
-#
-################################################################################
-
-
-# read from machine-setup (for slxgrp)
-. /etc/machine-setup
-
-
-# set X background
-res=$(xvidtune -show | grep -wo "\".*\"" | sed "s/\"//g")
-if ! [ -f /var/lib/openslx/themes/bootsplash/images/silent-${res}.jpg ]; then
-  img=$(ls /var/lib/openslx/themes/bootsplash/images/ | grep -m 1 "silent")
-  display -window root /var/lib/openslx/themes/bootsplash/images/${img}
-else 
-  display -window root /var/lib/openslx/themes/bootsplash/images/silent-${res}.jpg
-fi
-
-
-# Xdailog test
-xdialog=$(which Xdialog)
-[ -z "${xdialog}" ] && xterm -e 'echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\tNo Xdialog installed!!!\
-  \n\n\t\t\tClosing in 3 seconds."; sleep 3' && exit 1
-
-
-x_dialog () {
-
-  xsessions="/usr/share/xsessions"
-  vmsessions="/var/lib/vmware/vmsessions"
-  tmpdir="/tmp"
-  menu=
-  execute=
-  slxgrp=$(echo ${slxgrp} | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
-  slxgrptest=
-    
-
-  xdesktopsnr=( `ls ${xsessions}/*.desktop 2>/dev/null | grep -v "default.*" \
-    | wc -l 2` )
-  desktops=( `ls ${xsessions}/*.desktop 2>/dev/null | grep -v "default.*" \
-    | sort -bf; \
-    ls ${vmsessions}/*.desktop 2>/dev/null | sort -bf` )
-  desktopsnr=$(echo "${#desktops[*]}")
-  (( args=0 ))
-  declare -i i=0
-
-
-  while [ "${xdesktopsnr}" -gt "${args}" ]; do
-    # exec in .desktop
-    execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "exec" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-      | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-    menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-    i=${i}+1
-
-    # name in .desktop
-    execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "name" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-      | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-    execute[${i}]=${execute[${i}]:-`echo ${execute[${i}-1]} | sed -e "s,-, ,g"`}
-    menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-    i=${i}+1
-
-    # comment in .desktop
-    execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "comment" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-      | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-    execute[${i}]="| Desktop Environment |
-${execute[${i}]:-"No comment"}"
-    menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-    i=${i}+1
-
-    (( args=${args}+1 ))
-  done
-
-
-  while [ "${desktopsnr}" -gt "${args}" ]; do
-    # check for slxgrp
-    slxgrptest=$(grep -m 1 -i "slxgrp" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-      | awk -F "=" '{print $2}' | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
-    if [ -z "${slxgrp}" -o "${slxgrp}" = "${slxgrptest}" -o "${slxgrp}" = "default"  ]; \
-      then
-
-      # exec in .desktop
-      execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "exec" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-        | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-      menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-      i=${i}+1
-
-      # name in .desktop
-      execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "name" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-        | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-      execute[${i}]=${execute[${i}]:-`echo ${execute[${i}-1]} | sed -e "s,-, ,g"`}
-      menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-      i=${i}+1
-
-      # comment in .desktop
-      execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "comment" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-        | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-      execute[${i}]="| VMware Image |
-${execute[${i}]:-"No comment"}"
-      menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-      i=${i}+1
-
-    fi
-  
-    (( args=${args}+1 ))
-  done
-
-  # test if menu not empty?
-  [ -z "${menu}" ] && Xdialog --infobox "No items found to display!!!" 10 30 3000 && exit 1
-
-  # --stderr because of 1>/dev/null
-  # echoing to file because Xdialog sux when used w/ quotes
-  echo -e "Xdialog --rc-file /var/lib/openslx/themes/Xdialog/gtkrc \
-          --title \"Desktop / VMware-Image Menu\" \
-          --screen-center \
-          --fill \
-          --no-wrap \
-          --stderr \
-          --no-tags \
-          --ok-label \"START\" \
-          --item-help \
-          --menubox \"Which desktop or VMware-image to start?\" 35 80 0 \
-          $menu 1>/dev/null" \
-  > ${tmpdir}/Xdialog
-
-  . ${tmpdir}/Xdialog
-  rm -f ${tmpdir}/Xdialog
-}
-
-
-args_dial=$(x_dialog 2>&1) # 2>&1, see function
-exec ${args_dial}
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/vmware/desktop.template b/vmware/desktop.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 80c3c2ac..00000000
--- a/vmware/desktop.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-X-SuSE-translate=true
-Encoding=UTF-8
-Type=XSession
-Exec=
-TryExec=
-Name=
-Comment=
-SLXGrp=default
diff --git a/vmware/kursimages b/vmware/kursimages
deleted file mode 100755
index 64ad60e8..00000000
--- a/vmware/kursimages
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Description:  Session chooser for kdm/gdm
-#
-# Author(s):    Michael Janczyk <mj0@uni-freiburg.de>, 03-10-2006
-#
-# Copyright:    (c) 2003, 2006 - RZ Universitaet Freiburg
-#
-# Version:      0.2.435
-#
-################################################################################
-
-
-# read from machine-setup (for slxgrp)
-. /etc/machine-setup
-
-
-# set X background
-res=$(xvidtune -show | grep -wo "\".*\"" | sed "s/\"//g")
-if ! [ -f /var/lib/openslx/themes/bootsplash/images/silent-${res}.jpg ]; then
-    img=$(ls /var/lib/openslx/themes/bootsplash/images/ | grep -m 1 "silent")
-    display -window root /var/lib/openslx/themes/bootsplash/images/${img}
-else
-    display -window root /var/lib/openslx/themes/bootsplash/images/silent-${res}.jpg
-fi
-
-
-# Xdailog test
-xdialog=$(which Xdialog)
-[ -z "${xdialog}" ] && xterm -e 'echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\tNo Xdialog installed!!!\
-  \n\n\t\t\tClosing in 3 seconds."; sleep 3' && exit 1
-
-
-x_dialog () {
-  
-  vmsessions="/var/lib/vmware/vmsessions"
-  tmpdir="/tmp"
-  menu=
-  execute=
-  slxgrp=$(echo ${slxgrp} | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
-  slxgrptest=
-
-  
-  desktops=( `ls ${vmsessions}/*.desktop 2>/dev/null` )
-  desktopsnr=$(echo "${#desktops[*]}")
-  (( args=0 ))
-  declare -i i=0
-
-
-  while [ "${desktopsnr}" -gt "${args}" ]; do
-
-    # check for slxgrp
-    slxgrptest=$(grep -m 1 -i "slxgrp" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-      | awk -F "=" '{print $2}' | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
-    if [ -z "${slxgrp}" -o "${slxgrp}" = "${slxgrptest}" -o "${slxgrp}" = "default"  ]; \
-      then
-
-      # exec in .desktop
-      execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "exec" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-        | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-      menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-      i=${i}+1
-
-      # name in .desktop
-      execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "name" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-        | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-      execute[${i}]=${execute[${i}]:-`echo ${execute[${i}-1]} | sed -e "s,-, ,g"`}
-      menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-      i=${i}+1
-
-      # comment in .desktop
-      execute[${i}]=$(grep -m 1 -i "comment" ${desktops[${args}]} \
-        | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
-      execute[${i}]="| VMware Image |
-${execute[${i}]:-"No comment"}"
-      menu="$menu \"\${execute[${i}]}\""
-      i=${i}+1
-
-    fi
-
-    (( args=${args}+1 ))
-  done
-
-  # test if mwnu not empty?
-  [ -z "${menu}" ] && Xdialog --infobox "No items found to display!!!" 10 30 3000 && exit 1
-
-  # --stderr because of 1>/dev/null
-  # echoing to file because Xdialog sux when used w/ quotes
-  echo -e "Xdialog --rc-file /var/lib/openslx/themes/Xdialog/gtkrc \
-          --title \"VMware Image Menu\" \
-          --screen-center \
-          --fill \
-          --no-wrap \
-          --stderr \
-          --no-tags \
-          --ok-label \"START\" \
-          --item-help \
-          --menubox \"Please choose the image you would like to run:\" 35 80 0 \
-          $menu 1>/dev/null" \
-  > ${tmpdir}/Xdialog
-  
-. ${tmpdir}/Xdialog
-rm -f ${tmpdir}/Xdialog
-
-}
-
-
-args_dial=$(x_dialog 2>&1) # 2>&1, see function
-exec ${args_dial}
-
-exit 0
-
diff --git a/vmware/runvmware b/vmware/runvmware
index 14915ffc..fd380955 100755
--- a/vmware/runvmware
+++ b/vmware/runvmware
@@ -1,33 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # Description:  Script for preparing VMware environment Diskless
-#               X Stations (v4)
+#               X Stations and interactive session chooser (v4)
 #
 # Author(s):    Dirk von Suchodoletz <dirk@goe.net>, 18-03-2006
-#               Michael Janczyk <mj0@uni-freiburg.de>, 03-10-2006
+#               Michael Janczyk <mj0@uni-freiburg.de>, 27-10-2006
 # Copyright:    (c) 2003, 2006 - RZ Universitaet Freiburg
 #
-# Version:      0.15.435
+# Version:      0.16.473
 #
 ################################################################################
 
 
-
-# read from machine-setup (for slxgrp)
+### read from machine-setup (for slxgrp) #######################################
 . /etc/machine-setup
 
 
-
 ### VERBOSE? ###################################################################
 # set verbose mode (set -x(v))
 #set -xv
 
 
-
-
 ### HEADER SECTION #############################################################
 # write runvmware.conf
-runvmwareconfheader () {
+runvmwareconfheader ()
+{
   echo "
   ##############################################################################
   ###### This configuration file was generated by 'runvmware',            ######
@@ -133,18 +130,18 @@ runvmwareconfheader () {
 }
 
 
-preferencesheader () {
+preferencesheader ()
+{
   echo "
   ##############################################################################
   ###### This configuration file was generated by 'runvmware',            ######
   ###### dont use it for your own configurations - it will be overwritten ######
   ######                                                                  ######
-
-################# wichtig #################
-# das *.vmem wird immer angelegt und frisst soviel Speicher, wie fuer den Gast
-# vorgesehen. Sollte nicht im tempfs liegen. NFS OK, da IO nur einmal beim
-# Start erheblich. Wird gesteuert ueber  tmpDirectory = /nfs-viel-platz
-# und darin wird dann vmware-$user angelegt.
+  ################################## Wichtig! ##################################
+  ###### *.vmem wird immer angelegt und frisst soviel Speicher, wie fuer  ######
+  ###### den Gast vorgesehen. Sollte nicht im tempfs liegen. NFS OK, da   ######
+  ###### IO nur einmal beim Start erheblich. Wird gesteuert ueber         ######
+  ###### tmpDirectory = /nfs-viel-platz und darin wird dann vmware-\$user ######  ###### angelegt.                                                        ######
 
   hints.hideAll = \"TRUE\"
   pref.exchangeSelections = \"TRUE\"
@@ -168,15 +165,8 @@ preferencesheader () {
 }
 
 
-
-
 ### VARIABLES SECTION ##########################################################
-
 # declaration of default variables
-
-# first read variables from machine-setup
-. /etc/machine-setup
-
 # script variables
 last_changes=$(head -n 15 $0 | grep "@" | awk -F ", " '{print $2}' \
   | awk -F "-" '{print $3" "$2" "$1}' | sort -bfnr \
@@ -212,7 +202,6 @@ guestres=
 g_xres=
 g_yres=
 
-
 # VMware variables
 # VMware build
 vmbuild=$(vmware -v | awk -F "-" '{print $2}')
@@ -225,9 +214,14 @@ vmdir="/var/lib/vmware"
 # templates dir
 vmtempl="${vmdir}/templ"
 # .desktop files directory
+xsessions="/usr/share/xsessions"
 vmsessions="${vmdir}/vmsessions"
-desktops=
-desktopsnr=
+themesdir="/var/lib/openslx/themes"
+desktops=( `ls ${vmsessions}/*.desktop 2>/dev/null` )
+desktopsnr=$(echo "${#desktops[*]}")
+dialogtitle='--title "VMware Image Menu"'
+slxgrp=$(echo ${slxgrp} | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
+slxgrptest=
 execute=()
 menu=
 # special Variables
@@ -250,7 +244,6 @@ displayname="Diskless X Station VMware Image"
 # image checking variable
 filecheck=
 
-
 # command line variables
 # start with this this default commmand line options + extra
 defaults=$(grep -v "#.*" ${vmtempl}/defaults)
@@ -261,17 +254,16 @@ nofclopt=$(expr $# + $(echo ${defaults} | wc -w))
 silent=
 include=
 debug=0
-inter=
+istart=
+xdm=
 comdef=
 
 
-
-
 ### FUNCTIONS SECTION ##########################################################
-
 # function to write to stdout/logfile
 # logs labeled with $2=0 write to stdout, if debug set, write to logfile
-writelog () {
+writelog ()
+{
   # write to stdout
   [ -z ${silent} ] && [ "$2" = "0" ] && echo -e "$1"
   
@@ -287,17 +279,20 @@ writelog () {
 }
 
 
-help () {
+help ()
+{
  cat <<EOH
 
 USAGE: $0 [--options]
 
 Image options:
 	-i|--interactive        interactive mode with image selection
-	-s|--start <image-name>	start image /\${vmdir}/<image-name>.vmdk
+        --xdm <all|vm>          all lists xdm sessions and VMware images,
+                                vm lists only VMware images, use only w/ xdm
+        -s|--start <image-name>	start image /\${vmdir}/<image-name>.vmdk
 	-a|--alias		use aliases
 	--silent		no stdout from runvmware
-        --mem <n(M(h)),n(G(h))>	override autoallocation of memory, in percent
+        --mem <n(M(h))|n(G(h))>	override autoallocation of memory, in percent
                                 m,M megabyte, g,G gigabyte, h,H reserve f. host
         --res <X_intxY_int>     Maximum resolution of the guest os, e.g. 800x600
 	--delay <n seconds>	delay the start of the script n seconds
@@ -332,7 +327,8 @@ EOH
 }
 
 
-checkalias () {
+checkalias ()
+{
   if [ -r "${vmtempl}/alias" ]; then
 
     writelog "Checking alias for ${startvm}...\c" 0 1
@@ -352,11 +348,39 @@ checkalias () {
 }
 
 
-x_dialog () {
-  desktops=( `ls ${vmsessions}/*.desktop 2>/dev/null` )
-  desktopsnr=$(echo "${#desktops[*]}")
-  slxgrp=$(echo ${slxgrp} | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
-  slxgrptest=
+xdm_mode ()
+{
+  # Xdailog test
+  xdialog=$(which Xdialog)
+  [ -z "${xdialog}" ] && \
+    xterm -e 'echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\tNo Xdialog installed!!!\  
+    \n\n\t\t\tClosing in 3 seconds."; sleep 3' && exit 1
+
+  # set X background
+  res=$(xvidtune -show | grep -wo "\".*\"" | sed "s/\"//g") 
+  if ! [ -f ${themesdir}/bootsplash/images/silent-${res}.jpg ]; then     
+    img=$(ls ${themesdir}/bootsplash/images/ | grep -m 1 "silent")
+    display -window root ${themesdir}/bootsplash/images/${img}
+  else
+    display -window root ${themesdir}/bootsplash/images/silent-${res}.jpg
+  fi
+  
+  dialogtitle='--rc-file ${themesdir}/Xdialog/gtkrc \
+    --title "VMware Image Menu"'
+    
+  if [ "${xdm}" = "all" ]; then
+    desktops=( `ls ${xsessions}/*.desktop 2>/dev/null \
+      | grep -v "default.*" | sort -bf; \
+      ls ${vmsessions}/*.desktop 2>/dev/null | sort -bf` )
+    desktopsnr=$(echo "${#desktops[*]}")
+    dialogtitle='--rc-file ${themesdir}/Xdialog/gtkrc \
+      --title "Desktop / VMware-Image Menu"'        
+  fi
+}
+
+
+x_dialog ()
+{
   (( args=0 ))
   declare -i i=0
 
@@ -392,13 +416,18 @@ x_dialog () {
 
     (( args=${args}+1 ))
   done
-
+ 
   # test if menu not empty?
-  [ -z "${menu}" ] && Xdialog --infobox "No items found to display!!!" 10 30 3000 && exit 1
+  if [ -z "${menu}" ]; then
+    Xdialog --infobox "No items found to display!!!
+    For Vmware images add .desktop files to
+    ${vmsessions}" 10 50 6000
+    exit 1
+  fi
 
   # --stderr because of 1>/dev/null
   # echoing to file because Xdialog sux when used w/ quotes
-  echo -e "Xdialog --title \"VMware Image Menu\" \
+  echo -e "Xdialog ${dialogtitle} \
           --screen-center \
           --fill \
           --no-wrap \
@@ -412,11 +441,11 @@ x_dialog () {
   
 . ${tmpdir}/Xdialog
 rm -f ${tmpdir}/Xdialog
-
 }
 
 
-filecheck () {
+filecheck ()
+{
   filecheck=$(LANG=us ls -lh ${diskfile} 2>&1)
   writelog "Filecheck:\n${filecheck}\n" 0 1
   noimage=$(echo ${filecheck} | grep -i "no such file or directory" | wc -l)
@@ -463,12 +492,9 @@ filecheck () {
     writelog "Hint:\t\t\tUse nonpersistent-mode or change rights to rw\n" 0 0
     exit 1
   fi
-                          
 }
 
 
-
-
 #### INTERPRET COMMAND LINE OPTIONS ############################################
 # print help if no clo
 if [ ${nofclopt} = "0" ]; then
@@ -489,11 +515,17 @@ while [ ${nofclopt} -gt "${args}" ]; do
       exit 0
     ;;
     -i|--interactive)
-      inter="TRUE"
+      istart="TRUE"
+    ;;
+    --xdm)
+      (( args=${args}+1 ))
+      xdm=${lineopts[${args}]}
+      xdmstart="TRUE"
     ;;
     -s|--start)
       (( args=${args}+1 ))
       startvm=${lineopts[${args}]}
+      sstart="TRUE"
     ;;
     -a|--alias)
       alias="TRUE"
@@ -566,9 +598,37 @@ while [ ${nofclopt} -gt "${args}" ]; do
 done
 
 
+### STARTING ###################################################################
+# create environment
+# remove leftover locks from former runs,
+# problems may occure if you run more then one vmware with this script
+rm -f ${tmpdir}/*LOCK >/dev/null 2>&1
+rm -f ${tmpdir}/*.${debug}.log >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+# create vmware directories
+mkdir -p ${tmpdir} >/dev/null 2>&1
+mkdir -p ${vmhome} >/dev/null 2>&1
 
+# NO X-server no runvmware ;)
+[ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && echo -e "\n\tStart only within a desktop!\n" && exit 1
 
-### STARTING ###################################################################
+# if --xdm set don't go further, only used for xdm starts
+if [ "${xdm}" = "all" -o "${xdm}" = "vm" ]; then
+  xdm_mode
+  args_dial=$(x_dialog 2>&1) # 2>&1, see function
+  exec ${args_dial}
+  exit 0
+elif [ -n "${xdmstart}" -a -z "${xdm}" ]; then
+  xterm -e 'echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\tWrong --xdm option! \
+    \n\t\t\tOnly all or vm possible.\
+    \n\n\t\t\tClosing in 3 seconds."; sleep 3' && exit 1
+fi
+
+# if not interactive mode or image spezified via command line stop
+if [ -z "${istart}" -a -z "${sstart}" ]; then
+  writelog "\n\tSpecify image to start /w -s or run interactive mode -i!\n" 0 0
+  exit 1
+fi
 
 # logo for console
 if [ -z ${silent} ]; then
@@ -587,23 +647,7 @@ writelog "Starting...`echo ${np} | sed -e \"s,i.*-,,g\" \
 fi
 
 
-
-
 ### CHECK MACHINE SETUP ########################################################
-
-# create environment
-# remove leftover locks from former runs, 
-# problems may occure if you run more then one vmware with this script
-rm -f ${tmpdir}/*LOCK >/dev/null 2>&1
-rm -f ${tmpdir}/*.${debug}.log >/dev/null 2>&1
-
-
-# create vmware directories
-mkdir -p ${tmpdir} >/dev/null 2>&1
-mkdir -p ${vmhome} >/dev/null 2>&1
-
-
-
 # start logging, because now we have the directories created ;)
 writelog "##################################################" 1 99
 writelog "#\n# File created by $0 (v.${version})\n# on `date`"  1 99
@@ -618,8 +662,6 @@ writelog "Directories:
   \tTmpdir:\t\t${tmpdir}\n\tVMhome:\t\t${vmhome}\n\tTmpdir info:\
   \t`mount | grep -i "/tmp "`\n" 0 1
 
-
-
 # configuring MAC address: first four bytes are fixed (00:50:56:0D) the
 # last two bytes are taken from the local network adaptor
 writelog "Starting hardware / device detection...\c" 0 1
@@ -627,7 +669,6 @@ writelog "Starting hardware / device detection...\c" 0 1
 mac=$(/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep eth0 | sed -e "s, ,,g" \
   | awk -F ":" '{print $(NF-1)":"$NF}')
 
-
 # get memory in MB
 memtest=$(expr $(grep -i "memtotal" /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}') / 1024)
 
@@ -661,7 +702,6 @@ if [ "${mem}" -lt "128" ] || [ "${mem}" -gt "${memtest}" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-
 # look for cdrom,dvd and floppy and add them to the vm config file
 if [ -L /dev/cdrom ] ; then
   cdr_1="TRUE"
@@ -671,11 +711,9 @@ if [ -L /dev/cdrom1 ] ; then
   cdr_2="TRUE"
 fi
 
-
 # check for floppy controller
 test ! -d /sys/block/fd0 && floppya="FALSE"
 
-
 # guest resolution
 if [ -n "${guestres}" ]; then
   g_xres=$(echo "${guestres}" | awk -F "x" '{print $1}')
@@ -696,19 +734,14 @@ writelog "finished\nResults:\n\tMAC:\t\t00:50:56:0D:${mac}\n\tMem:\t\t${mem} MB
   \t${floppyb}\n\tCD-ROM_1:\t${cdr_1}\n\tCD-ROM_2:\t${cdr_2}\n" 0 1
 
 
-
-
 ### SELECT VIRTUAL IMAGE #######################################################
-
 # interactive mode
-if [ -n "${inter}" ]; then
+if [ -n "${istart}" ]; then
   writelog "Starting interactive mode...\c" 0 0
 
-  menutest=$(ls ${vmsessions} | grep -x ".*desktop" 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
-
   # check for session files
-  if [ "${menutest}" = "0" ]; then
-    writelog "\rNo sessions found in ${vmsessions} for option -i" 0 99
+  if [ -z "${desktops}" ]; then
+    writelog "\rNo .desktop files found in ${vmsessions} for option -i" 0 99
     writelog "Please use option -s and check your configuration \n" 0 0 
     exit 1
   fi
@@ -737,11 +770,9 @@ if [ -n "${inter}" ]; then
   writelog "finished.\nResult:\n\tVMimage:\t${startvm}\n" 0 1
 fi
 
-
 # aliases
 [ -n "${alias}" ] && checkalias
 
-
 # image allocation
 writelog "Starting image detection...\c" 0 1
 
@@ -755,36 +786,28 @@ if [ -z "${comdef}" ]; then
 
   # if ${ostype} not found use else statement
   vmostype=${vmostype:-"other"}
-
 fi
 
-
 # define name for VMware window
 displayname=$(grep -m 1 -i "name" \
   ${vmsessions}/*${startvm}.desktop | awk -F "=" '{print $2}')
 # if variable not set
 displayname=${displayname:-"VMware Image"}
 
-
 writelog "finished\nResults:\n\tDiskfile:\t${diskfile}
   \tVMostype:\t${vmostype}\n\tDisplayname:\t${displayname}\n" 0 1
 
-
 # link to windows image
 writelog "Linking \"ln -fs ${diskfile}
   \t${tmpdir}/disk\"...\c" 0 1
 ln -fs ${diskfile} ${tmpdir}/disk
 writelog "finished\nResult:\n`ls -l ${tmpdir}/disk`\n" 0 1
 
-
 # check if image exists, etc...
 filecheck
 
 
-
-
 ### WRITE CONFIGURATION FILES ##################################################
-
 # create preferences
 preferencesheader
 
@@ -804,9 +827,7 @@ amixer -q sset PCM 28 unmute
 writelog "finished\n" 0 0
 
 
-
 ### RUN VMWARE(-Player) ########################################################
-
 # ...with the automatically written config file
 if [ `which vmplayer 2>/dev/null` ] && [ -z "${vmrun}" ] \
   || [ "${vmrun}" = "vmplayer" ]; then
@@ -828,12 +849,8 @@ elif [ `which vmware 2>/dev/null` ] && [ -z "${vmrun}" ] \
 else
   writelog "\nNo VMware/VMPlayer found!\n" 0 99
   exit 1
-
 fi
 
-
-
-
 writelog "\nBye.\n" 0 0
 exit 0
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/vmware/template.desktop b/vmware/template.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2909f04e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmware/template.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+X-SuSE-translate=true
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=XSession
+Exec=vmware-image
+TryExec=/var/X11R6/bin/vmware-image
+Name=My VMware Image
+Comment=NEW VMware Image with this and that
+SLXGrp=default
+# Dies ist ein Template wie .desktop-Dateien aussehen sollen, deren VMware-
+# Images über kdm bzw. runvmvare interactive mode gestartet werden sollen.
+# Diese dateien müssen in .../vmware/vmsessions liegen.
+# VMware Images die auch unter kdm angezeigt werden sollen müssen nach
+# .../vmsessions/kdm kopiert werden. Falls nicht alle Images unter .../kdm
+# landen, können alle images noch über die vmimages.desktop-Datei angezeigt 
+# werden.
+# Der KDM Menüpunkt heißt wie unter NAme= definiert und startet Xdialog mit
+# allen VMware-Images.
diff --git a/vmware/vmimages.desktop b/vmware/vmimages.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7c6c7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vmware/vmimages.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+X-SuSE-translate=true
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=XSession
+Exec=vmmenu
+TryExec=/var/X11R6/bin/vmmenu
+Name=Weitere VMware-Images
+Comment=Menü mit VMware-Images starten
+# VMware Images die auch unter kdm angezeigt werden sollen müssen nach
+# .../vmsessions/kdm kopiert werden. Falls nicht alle Images unter .../kdm
+# landen, können alle images noch über diese .desktop-Datei angezeigt werden.
+# Der KDM Menüpunkt heißt wie unter NAme= definiert und startet Xdialog mit
+# allen VMware-Images.