%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ gnome-session The GNOME Session package contains the GNOME session manager. &lfs72_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gnome-session-md5sum; Download size: &gnome-session-size; Estimated disk space required: &gnome-session-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gnome-session-time; GNOME Session Dependencies Required , , and Optional Runtime Dependencies (if you intend to use startx to initiate your GNOME desktop) User Notes: Install GNOME Session by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gnome-session && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install --enable-docbook-docs: This switch is used to enable building of the documentation. If you are not using GDM to start your GNOME desktop, you will need to invoke gnome-session instead of invoking a window-manager directly. All of the packages in the 'Desktop' section of this chapter need to be installed first, and some of the 'Applications' - particularly GNOME Terminal (xterm does not install a '.desktop' file and so not appear in the menus). When gnome-session is run, it invokes the necessary daemons and either Metacity or gnome-shell. A desktop manager such as GDM will invoke ConsoleKit before the window manager, but if you use startx the first invocation after booting may fail because the daemon is not already running, so it is invoked first. To automatically start the gnome-session window manager when you issue the startx command, backup your current ~/.xinitrc before proceeding. Note that you will be able to invoke GNOME Terminal from the menu, so there is no reason to invoke xterm here. Create a new .xinitrc using this command: ~/.xinitrc cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF" exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session EOF Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gnome-session, gnome-session-properties and gnome-session-quit None /usr/lib/gnome-session, /usr/share/doc/gnome-session and /usr/share/gnome-session Short Descriptions gnome-session is used to start up the GNOME Desktop environment. gnome-session gnome-session-properties allows the users to configure which applications should be started at login. gnome-session-properties gnome-session-quit is used to end the GNOME Session. gnome-session-quit