Bob Proulx wrote: > Putting that all together gets you: > > #!/bin/bash --login > exec x-session-manager
Grr... I should have said this. I hate it when I send too quickly and miss the obvious. So I will try to make this worthwhile with a little more explaination. #!/bin/bash --login exec gnome-session I mixed my examples. The system uses x-session-manager so that if Gnome is installed then the alternative symlink points to gnome-session. But if KDE is installed then the alternative symlink points to startkde. In this way the system can generically start up an X session manager and it will dynamically use the most appropriate one that is installed at the time it starts. The "alternatives" dynamically adapt to whatever is installed. update-alternatives --display x-session-manager But when a person is setting up their own personal configuration and want to start a specific window or session manager then I think it is better simply to select the desired manager explicitly. Therefore in the ~/.xsession file instead of using x-session-manager I think it makes more sense to simply start gnome-session or startkde directly as desired. > Make sure it is executable or the the X startup will simply feed it to > the 'sh' and won't run the desired shell as a login shell. That is still true. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
