Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:14:47 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gdm session files Message-ID: <1125260087.25434.5.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20050828200937.GA81373@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>
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--=-T8AjAyw2h8ffOJ0YD7sB Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 22:09 +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > On Aug 28 at 14:49, Joe Marcus Clarke spoke: >=20 > > On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 20:32 +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote: > > > On Aug 28 at 12:15, Dominique Goncalves spoke: > > >=20 > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q16 > > >=20 > > > Ok. I have created an icewm.desktop with Name=3DIcewm. This appears a= s > > > '3. Icewm'. > > > And I've create an xinitrc.desktop with Name=3DXinitrc. But this > > > appears as '4. foo'. > > > Why is 'foo' used instead of 'Xinitrc'? > >=20 > > Your TryExec line is probably wrong. Note: you should not create > > a .xinitrc entry for any display manager. >=20 > 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. > My whole xinitrc.desktop looks like: >=20 > [Desktop Entry] > Encoding=3DUTF-8 > Name=3DXinitrc > Comment=3DXinitrc > Exec=3D$HOME/.xinitrc > TryExec=3D$HOME/.xinitrc > Icon=3D > Type=3DApplication >=20 > So what is the meaning of TryExec? 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 when GDM starts, so putting $HOME in there will not work. It would be best to write a wrapper script that can execute each user's .xinitrc after GDM starts the desired session. > Are these fields documented somewhere? Yes, in the GDM online help. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-T8AjAyw2h8ffOJ0YD7sB 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) iD8DBQBDEhs3b2iPiv4Uz4cRAhgsAJ0Yos2gec0E+oFp45eKKkvlp8ut1ACgghJc TMtR3hWSE9jV3QEgen0jgvg= =Izza -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-T8AjAyw2h8ffOJ0YD7sB--
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