Support gnome terminals too

Caution: code is incomplete - can't set a default type from the CLI
and in some places the phrase xterm should be replaced by terminal.

mininet/cli.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from subprocess import call
 from cmd import Cmd
 
 from mininet.log import info, output, error
-from mininet.xterm import makeXterms
+from mininet.term import makeTerms
 
         
 class CLI( Cmd ):
@@ -163,17 +163,23 @@ class CLI( Cmd ):
         else:
             self.mn.configLinkStatus( *args )
 
-    def do_xterm( self, args ):
+    def do_term( self, args ):
-        "Spawn xterm for the given node."
+        "Spawn terminal for the given node."
         args = args.split()
         if not args:
-            error( 'please specify node list: xterm node1 node2 ...\n' )
+            error( 'please specify node list: term [type] node1 node2 ...\n' )
         else:
+            if args[ 0 ] in [ 'xterm', 'gnome' ]:
+                term = args[ 0 ]
+                args = args[ 1: ]
+            else:
+                term = 'xterm'
             for arg in args:
                 if arg not in self.nodemap:
                     error( 'arg not in network: %s\n' % arg )
                 else:
-                    self.mn.terms += makeXterms( [ self.nodemap[ arg ] ] )
+                    node = self.nodemap[ arg ]
+                    self.mn.terms += makeTerms( [ node ], term = term )
 
     def do_exit( self, args ):
         "Exit"

mininet/net.py

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ using a topology object (e.g. LinearTopo) from mininet.topo or
 mininet.topolib, and a Controller which the switches will connect
 to. Several configuration options are provided for functions such as
 automatically setting MAC addresses, populating the ARP table, or
-even running a set of xterms to allow direct interaction with nodes.
+even running a set of terminals to allow direct interaction with nodes.
 
 After the network is created, it can be started using start(), and a
 variety of useful tasks maybe performed, including basic connectivity
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ from mininet.node import Host, UserSwitch, KernelSwitch, Controller
 from mininet.node import ControllerParams
 from mininet.util import quietRun, fixLimits
 from mininet.util import createLink, macColonHex, ipStr, ipParse
-from mininet.xterm import cleanUpScreens, makeXterms
+from mininet.term import cleanUpScreens, makeTerms
 
 DATAPATHS = [ 'kernel' ]  # [ 'user', 'kernel' ]
 
@@ -310,19 +310,19 @@ class Mininet( object ):
         info( '*** Configuring hosts\n' )
         self.configHosts()
         if self.xterms:
-            self.startXterms()
+            self.startTerms()
         if self.autoSetMacs:
             self.setMacs()
         if self.autoStaticArp:
             self.staticArp()
 
-    def startXterms( self ):
+    def startTerms( self ):
-        "Start an xterm for each node."
+        "Start a terminal for each node."
-        info( "*** Running xterms on %s\n" % os.environ[ 'DISPLAY' ] )
+        info( "*** Running terms on %s\n" % os.environ[ 'DISPLAY' ] )
         cleanUpScreens()
-        self.terms += makeXterms( self.controllers, 'controller' )
+        self.terms += makeTerms( self.controllers, 'controller' )
-        self.terms += makeXterms( self.switches, 'switch' )
+        self.terms += makeTerms( self.switches, 'switch' )
-        self.terms += makeXterms( self.hosts, 'host' )
+        self.terms += makeTerms( self.hosts, 'host' )
 
     def stopXterms( self ):
         "Kill each xterm."

mininet/term.py

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""
+Terminal creation and cleanup.
+Utility functions to run a term (connected via screen(1)) on each host.
+
+Requires GNU screen(1) and xterm(1).
+Optionally uses gnome-terminal.
+"""
+
+import re
+from subprocess import Popen
+
+from mininet.log import error
+from mininet.util import quietRun
+
+def makeTerm( node, title = '', term = 'xterm' ):
+    """Run screen on a node, and hook up an xterm.
+       node: Node object
+       title: base title
+       returns: process created"""
+    title += ': ' + node.name
+    if not node.inNamespace:
+        title += ' (root)'
+    cmd = ''
+    if term == 'xterm':
+        cmd = [ 'xterm', '-title', title, '-e' ]
+    elif term == 'gnome':
+        cmd = [ 'gnome-terminal', '--title', title, '-e' ]
+    else:
+        error( 'invalid terminal type: %s' % term )
+        return
+    if not node.execed:
+        node.cmd( 'screen -dmS ' + node.name)
+        #cmd += [ 'screen', '-D', '-RR', '-S', node.name ]
+        # Compress these for gnome-terminal, which expects one token to follow
+        # the -e option    .
+        cmd += [ 'screen -D -RR -S ' + node.name ]
+    else:
+        cmd += [ 'sh', '-c', 'exec tail -f /tmp/' + node.name + '*.log' ]
+    return Popen( cmd )
+
+def cleanUpScreens():
+    "Remove moldy old screen sessions."
+    r = r'(\d+.[hsc]\d+)'
+    output = quietRun( 'screen -ls' ).split( '\n' )
+    for line in output:
+        m = re.search( r, line )
+        if m:
+            quietRun( 'screen -S ' + m.group( 1 ) + ' -X quit' )
+
+def makeTerms( nodes, title = '', term = 'xterm' ):
+    """Create terminals.
+       nodes: list of Node objects
+       title: base title for each
+       returns: list of created terminal processes"""
+    return [ makeTerm( node, title, term ) for node in nodes ]

mininet/xterm.py

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-"""
-XTerm creation and cleanup.
-Utility functions to run an xterm (connected via screen(1)) on each host.
-
-Requires xterm(1) and GNU screen(1).
-"""
-
-import re
-from subprocess import Popen
-from mininet.util import quietRun
-
-def makeXterm( node, title = '' ):
-    """Run screen on a node, and hook up an xterm.
-       node: Node object
-       title: base title
-       returns: process created"""
-    title += ': ' + node.name
-    if not node.inNamespace:
-        title += ' (root)'
-    cmd = [ 'xterm', '-title', title, '-e' ]
-    if not node.execed:
-        node.cmd( 'screen -dmS ' + node.name )
-        cmd += [ 'screen', '-D', '-RR', '-S', node.name ]
-    else:
-        cmd += [ 'sh', '-c', 'exec tail -f /tmp/' + node.name + '*.log' ]
-    return Popen( cmd )
-
-def cleanUpScreens():
-    "Remove moldy old screen sessions."
-    r = r'(\d+.[hsc]\d+)'
-    output = quietRun( 'screen -ls' ).split( '\n' )
-    for line in output:
-        m = re.search( r, line )
-        if m:
-            quietRun( 'screen -S ' + m.group( 1 ) + ' -X quit' )
-
-def makeXterms( nodes, title = '' ):
-    """Create XTerms.
-       nodes: list of Node objects
-       title: base title for each
-       returns: list of created xterm processes"""
-    return [ makeXterm( node, title ) for node in nodes ]