Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:24:38 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gdm session files Message-ID: <1125264278.25434.8.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20050828212057.GA81628@twelvegates.homeip.net> 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> <20050828212057.GA81628@twelvegates.homeip.net>
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--=-5/svOUmh8kNppfiaFhNt Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 23:20 +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > On Aug 28 at 16:14, Joe Marcus Clarke spoke: >=20 > > On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 22:09 +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > > > On Aug 28 at 14:49, Joe Marcus Clarke spoke: > > >=20 > > > > Your TryExec line is probably wrong. Note: you should not create > > > > a .xinitrc entry for any display manager. > > >=20 > > > Why not? > >=20 > > Because .xinitc and a display manager do the same thing in different > > ways. In any event, what you're doing below is not possible. >=20 > Hm. The display manager is active before and while loggin in. Yes, but before the user enters their name, how does it know how to expand $HOME? > .xinitrc is active mainly just after loggin in. > So what is the thing they both do? They both control X sessions, but for different applications. ~/.xinitrc is designed to be called by startx. There could conceivably be conflicts in using it to drive a display manager. >=20 > [...] > > 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 se= t >=20 > I have no tried TryExec=3Dtrue. 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. >=20 > [...] > > > Are these fields documented somewhere? > >=20 > > Yes, in the GDM online help. >=20 > 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'. You're right. I thought it was documented there, but I guess not. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-5/svOUmh8kNppfiaFhNt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDEiuWb2iPiv4Uz4cRAiumAJ9vf/eIw5RAWEfKSmuZNx16tLtM/gCfYuaX CGAyoztGl39F/EZ0w1epDiM= =4Q89 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-5/svOUmh8kNppfiaFhNt--
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