Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 11:26:57 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: nishita@mri.ernet.in Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xfce with graphical login Message-ID: <4826ADD1.5040003@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <c8170b650805110010x51759a70t5681bb8248e08888@mail.gmail.com> References: <c8170b650805110010x51759a70t5681bb8248e08888@mail.gmail.com>
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Nishita Desai wrote: > Hello, > > I just installed Xfce4.4 on FreeBSD 7.0. I have been trying to get it > to directly give me a graphical login. The Xfce manual says this can > be done using gdm. According to it, I need to copy the example file > "xfce44.desktop" into /usr/X11R6/share/xsessions. The example file is > supposed to be located in /usr/local/share/examples (since Xfce is > installed in /usr/local.) But there is no such file. > > 1. Is there any other location this file could be? (`locate` cannot find it.) > 2. Can I download it from somewhere? Googling did not give anything. > 3. Will anyone be kind enough to send me a copy by email? > > It is strange why the file's not there. Xfce was installed using > pkg_add (the port was giving some error in compilation which I could > not solve) and is working nicely without any obvious problems. > > Thanks, > Nishita. > > This is the quick way to add XFCE to your "sessions" menu in GDM: First of all, make sure you have gdm_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf (I assume you already have this) Now, create a file in: /usr/local/etc/dm/Sessions Name it something like xfce44.desktop and type the following into it (adjust as needed): [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=XFCE4 Comment=This session logs you into XFCE4 Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 Icon= Type=Application Reboot, and when the GDM login screen appears, you will be able to select XFCE4 from the Sessions menu. Hope this helps, Manolis
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