Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:10:35 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 223128] Handbook 5.6. The X Display Manager: suggested additions Message-ID: <bug-223128-9-muJBJIZjr5@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-223128-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-223128-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D223128 --- Comment #1 from sid@bsdmail.com --- Made improvements. Added rough draft of 5.7 Desktop Environments, and keep suggestion of moving existing version to its own article. Moved note about desktop programs and wallpapers to 5.7. I plan to finish 5.7 and write this= in proper markup. If enough time passes, after posting that, I'll attempt to upload it. -5.6. The X Display Manager +5.6. Desktop Session Management -Contributed by Seth Kingsley. +Originally Contributed by Seth Kingsley. -Xorg provides an X Display Manager, XDM, which can be used for login sessi= on management. +Xorg provides an X Display Manager (XDM), and Xinit which can be used for login session management. -XDM provides a graphical interface for choosing which display server to connect to and for entering authorization information such as a login and password combination. +XDM provides a graphical interface, and Xinit provides a console interface= for choosing which display server to connect to and for entering authorization information such as a login and password combination. -This section demonstrates how to configure the X Display Manager on FreeBS= D. +This section demonstrates how to configure login session management on FreeBSD. -Some desktop environments provide their own graphical login manager. Refer= to Section 5.7.1, =E2=80=9CGNOME=E2=80=9D for instructions on how to configure= the GNOME Display Manager and Section 5.7.2, =E2=80=9CKDE=E2=80=9D for instructions on how to= configure the KDE Display Manager. +Gnome and KDE provide their own graphical login manager. -5.6.1. Configuring XDM +5.6.1. Configuration Files +5.6.1.1. XDM Configuration Files -The XDM configuration directory is located in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm. +The XDM configuration directory is located in /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm. -Default session script for logins which is run by XDM after a user has log= ged in. Normally each user will have a customized session script in ~/.xsession that overrides this script +Default session script for logins, which is run by XDM after a user has lo= gged in. This file points to ~/.xsession and other home directory files for customized settings +5.6.1.2. Xinit Configuration Files x11/xinit is used to log into X from the console. Its script file is /usr/local/etc/X11/xinit, and this can be customized through the directory /usr/local/etc/x11/xinit.d/ or ~/.xinitrc. 5.6.2. Configuring Remote Access -To configure XDM to listen for any remote connection, comment out the DisplayManager.requestPort line in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config by put= ting a ! in front of it: +To configure XDM to listen for any remote connection, comment out the DisplayManager.requestPort line in /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config by put= ting a ! in front of it: -To restrict remote access, look at the example entries in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess and refer to xdm(1) for further information. +To restrict remote access, look at the example entries in /usr/local/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess and refer to xdm(1) for further information. +5.6.3. Xsession and Xinit <para>In your home directory, similar files <filename>.xsession</filename>,= or <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> require:</para> <screen><userinput>#!/bin/sh</userinput><useriput>exec /usr/local/bin/[windowmanager]</userinput></screen> <para><filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>'s permissions, at minimum, must be se= t to read, and <filename>~/.xsession</filename>'s permissions must be set to read and write.</para> <screen><userinput>chmod ug+rx ~/.xsession</userinput></screen> <note>Filenames of windowmanagers can be found in <filename>/usr/local/bin/</filename>.</note> <example>exec /usr/local/bin/jwm</example> <tip>If you choose to softlink <filename>.xinitrc</filename> to <filename>.xsession</filename>, then both files must be set to execute and = read permissions.</tip> 5.7. Desktop Environments This section describes how to configure desktop environments on a FreeBSD system. A desktop environment can range from a simple window manager to a complete suite of desktop applications. Over a hundred desktop environments= are available in the x11-wm category of the Ports Collection. 5.7.1 Services Though <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> D-Bus must be enabled with: dbus_enable=3D"YES" A few window managers require proc and hal to be enabled: <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> <screen>hald_enable=3D"YES"<screen> <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> <screen>proc /proc procfs rw 0 0<screen> 5.7.2 Desktop programs This section is about starting desktop programs from a window manager or desktop. If your window manager of choice is capable of displaying custom wallpapers, and starting desktop programs, use it for this purpose, instead of Xsession= or Xinit. To use <filename>~/.xsession</filename> or <filename>~/.xinit</filename>, l= ist the commands with "exec [command] &" before the line that starts the window manager. <example><userinput>#!/bin/sh</userinput><useriput>exec /usr/local/bin/xclo= ck &</userinput><useriput>exec /usr/local/bin/xcalc &</userinput><useriput>exec /usr/local/bin/twm</userinput></example> <note>All exec commands end in an ampersand, except the last line which sta= rts the windowmanager.</note> --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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