Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 15:05:26 -0800 (PST) From: Adam Bozanich <abozan01@ccsf.edu> To: Monah Baki <mbaki@whywire.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gdm+xfce4 Message-ID: <Pine.HPX.4.44.0401091501290.20751-100000@hills.ccsf.cc.ca.us> In-Reply-To: <20040108234042.M25820@whywire.net>
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Monah Baki wrote: > Hi all, I'm running freebsd 5.1, and trying to use gdm login manager and xfce4. At the login > username, if I login as root or a normal user, I get a SESSION MENU dialog box > CHOOSESESSIONLISTWIDGET and I can only choose 2 options DEFAULT/FAIL SAFE and CANCEL, > and nothing happens in either case. > > > Thank you Hi Monah. Try creating a file in /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/Sessions ( or maybe /usr/X11R6/etc/dm/Sessions ) called xfce.desktop with these lines in it: [Desktop Entry] Name=Xfce4 Exec=custom That "Exec=custom" tells gdm to use your regular .xinitrc file to set up the session, just like it would if you used 'startx' So you would want something like this in ~/.xinitrc: exec xfce4 I hope this helps -Adam
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