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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[fdca4266] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[79f61a7] | 7 | <!ENTITY gnome-session-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-session/&gnome-version;/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gnome-session-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-session/&gnome-version;/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gnome-session-md5sum "05012cdf82e48feab17b5bc1804e37cf">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gnome-session-size "685 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gnome-session-buildsize "19 MB">
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[0c4e116] | 12 | <!ENTITY gnome-session-time "0.3 SBU">
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[fdca4266] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[5673583] | 15 | <sect1 id="gnome-session" xreflabel="GNOME Session-&gnome-session-version;">
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[ed9b56b8] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="gnome-session.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>GNOME Session-&gnome-session-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="gnome-session">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-GNOME Session">GNOME Session</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to GNOME Session</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>GNOME Session</application> package contains
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| 33 | the <application>GNOME</application> session manager.</para>
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| 34 |
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[79f61a7] | 35 | &lfs70_checked;
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[7b5015b9] | 36 |
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[ed9b56b8] | 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnome-session-download-http;"/></para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnome-session-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gnome-session-md5sum;</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download size: &gnome-session-size;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gnome-session-buildsize;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated build time: &gnome-session-time;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | </itemizedlist>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Session Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[9497073] | 62 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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[79f61a7] | 63 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>,
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| 64 | <xref linkend="json-glib"/>,
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[9497073] | 65 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, and
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[1a55dac4] | 66 | <xref linkend="upower"/></para>
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[ed9b56b8] | 67 |
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[b9df1a8] | 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 69 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="polkit-gnome"/></para>
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| 70 |
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[ed9b56b8] | 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[9497073] | 72 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="xmlto"/></para>
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[ed9b56b8] | 73 |
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[760bdaf] | 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Runtime Dependency</bridgehead>
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| 75 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="consolekit"/> (if you intend to
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| 76 | use startx to initiate your <application>GNOME</application> desktop)</para>
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| 77 |
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[0a7c3921] | 78 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 79 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnome-session"/></para>
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| 80 |
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[ed9b56b8] | 81 | </sect2>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 84 | <title>Installation of GNOME Session</title>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <para>Install <application>GNOME Session</application> by
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| 87 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 88 |
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[79f61a7] | 89 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX \
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[c4ec7536] | 90 | --libexecdir=$GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gnome-session &&
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[ed9b56b8] | 91 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | </sect2>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 102 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 103 |
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[e05cd03f] | 104 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[7cdaed0] | 105 | href="../../xincludes/gnome-prefix.xml"/>
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[551b9389] | 106 |
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[79f61a7] | 107 | <para><parameter>--libexecdir=$GNOME_PREFIX/lib</parameter>: This parameter
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| 108 | is used so that the <application>gnome-session</application> internal
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| 109 | support programs are installed in the preferred location of <filename
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[7b5015b9] | 110 | class='directory'>$GNOME_PREFIX/lib</filename> instead of <filename
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| 111 | class='directory'>$GNOME_PREFIX/libexec</filename>.</para>
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| 112 |
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[19ed3e6c] | 113 | <para><option>--enable-docbook-docs</option>: This parameter is used to
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| 114 | build the documentation.</para>
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| 115 |
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[ed9b56b8] | 116 | </sect2>
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| 117 |
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[79f61a7] | 118 | <sect2 role="configuration" id="gnome-session-config">
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| 119 | <title>Configuring gnome-session</title>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect3>
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| 122 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para>If you are not using <application>gdm</application> to start your
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| 125 | <application>GNOME</application> desktop, you will need to invoke
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| 126 | <command>gnome-session</command> <emphasis>instead of</emphasis> invoking
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| 127 | a window-manager directly. All of the packages in the 'Shell' section of
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| 128 | this chapter (plus all of those in 'Shell Fallback' if your video driver
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| 129 | does not have 3D acceleration) need to be installed first, and some of
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| 130 | the 'Utilities' - particularly <application>GNOME Terminal</application>
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| 131 | (<application>xterm</application> does not install a '.desktop' file and
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[ce889d2] | 132 | so not appear in the menus).</para>
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[79f61a7] | 133 |
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| 134 | <para>When <command>gnome-session</command> is run, it invokes the necessary
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| 135 | daemons and either <application>Metacity</application> or
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| 136 | <application>gnome-shell</application> - the latter will in turn invoke
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[ce889d2] | 137 | <application>Mutter</application>. A desktop manager such as
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| 138 | <application>gdm</application> will invoke <application>ConsoleKit</application>
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| 139 | before the window manager, but if you use <command>startx</command> the first
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| 140 | invocation after booting may fail because the daemon is not already running,
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| 141 | so we will invoke it first.</para>
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[79f61a7] | 142 |
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| 143 | <para>To automatically start the <application>gnome-session</application>
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| 144 | window manager when you issue the <command>startx</command> command,
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| 145 | backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.
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| 146 | Note that you will be able to invoke <application>GNOME Terminal</application>
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| 147 | from the menu, so there is no reason to invoke xterm here. Create a new
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| 148 | <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using this command:</para>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <indexterm zone="metacity gnome-session-config">
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| 151 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 152 | </indexterm>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <screen><userinput>cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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[ce889d2] | 155 | <literal>exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session</literal>
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[79f61a7] | 156 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | </sect3>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | </sect2>
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| 161 |
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[ed9b56b8] | 162 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 163 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <segmentedlist>
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| 166 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 167 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[551b9389] | 168 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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[ed9b56b8] | 169 |
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| 170 | <seglistitem>
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[7b5015b9] | 171 | <seg>gnome-session, gnome-session-properties, gnome-session-save,
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| 172 | gnome-wm, and gnome-settings-daemon-helper</seg>
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[ed9b56b8] | 173 | <seg>None</seg>
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[7b5015b9] | 174 | <seg><envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar>/{lib/gnome-session/helpers,
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| 175 | share/gnome-session}</seg>
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[ed9b56b8] | 176 | </seglistitem>
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| 177 | </segmentedlist>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <variablelist>
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| 180 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 181 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 182 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <varlistentry id="gnome-session-prog">
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| 185 | <term><command>gnome-session</command></term>
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| 186 | <listitem>
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| 187 | <para>starts up the <application>GNOME</application> desktop.</para>
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| 188 | <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-session-prog">
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| 189 | <primary sortas="b-gnome-session">gnome-session</primary>
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| 190 | </indexterm>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 | </varlistentry>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <varlistentry id="gnome-session-utils">
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| 195 | <term><command>gnome-session-*</command></term>
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| 196 | <listitem>
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| 197 | <para>session utilities includes a configuration program and
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| 198 | other session management related utilities.</para>
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| 199 | <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-session-utils">
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| 200 | <primary sortas="b-gnome-session-*">gnome-session-*</primary>
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| 201 | </indexterm>
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| 202 | </listitem>
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| 203 | </varlistentry>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <varlistentry id="gnome-wm">
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| 206 | <term><command>gnome-wm</command></term>
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| 207 | <listitem>
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| 208 | <para>uses the <envar>$WINDOW_MANAGER</envar> environment variable
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| 209 | to allow a user to define a window manager of choice. If no
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| 210 | <envar>$WINDOW_MANAGER</envar> is defined, <command>gnome-wm</command>
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| 211 | defaults to <command>metacity</command> as the default window
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| 212 | manager.</para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-wm">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="b-gnome-wm">gnome-wm</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | </variablelist>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | </sect2>
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[5673583] | 222 |
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| 223 | </sect1>
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