Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:20:57 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gdm session files Message-ID: <20050828212057.GA81628@twelvegates.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <1125260087.25434.5.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <20050828100403.GA1392@twelvegates.homeip.net> <7daacbbe05082803155a3b6f79@mail.gmail.com> <20050828183203.GA80043@twelvegates.homeip.net> <1125254959.25434.0.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20050828200937.GA81373@twelvegates.homeip.net> <1125260087.25434.5.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Aug 28 at 16:14, Joe Marcus Clarke spoke: > On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 22:09 +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > > On Aug 28 at 14:49, Joe Marcus Clarke spoke: > > > > > Your TryExec line is probably wrong. Note: you should not create > > > a .xinitrc entry for any display manager. > > > > Why not? > > Because .xinitc and a display manager do the same thing in different > ways. In any event, what you're doing below is not possible. Hm. The display manager is active before and while loggin in. .xinitrc is active mainly just after loggin in. So what is the thing they both do? [...] > TryExec means, test to see if this file is executable. If it is, then > this is a valid desktop entry. If not, then it's foo. $HOME is not set I have no tried TryExec=true. And since true is executable the Name Xinitrc is now displayed. This approach is probably not intended by the creator. But it works for me. [...] > > Are these fields documented somewhere? > > Yes, in the GDM online help. While the greeter is active there is no help available. So I guess it should be the help available in gdmsetup. This seems to be the same as /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/help/gdm/C/gdm.xml. But this file doesn't contain any string 'TryExec'. -Hanspeter
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