Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:27:52 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gdm session files Message-ID: <op.sv8lwqb49aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.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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On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:20:57 -0500, Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> wrote: > 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'. 'TryExec' belongs to fd.org standard, check here: http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/desktop-entry-spec (Click under 'Spec' link) Cheers, Mezz > -Hanspeter -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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