source: gnome/core/gnome-session.xml@ 747c03c8

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<sect1 id="gnome-session" xreflabel="GNOME Session-&gnome-session-version;">
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
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<?dbhtml filename="gnome-session.html"?>
<title>GNOME Session-&gnome-session-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> 
Session</application></title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Session</application>
package contains the <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 
session manager.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gnome-session-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gnome-session-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gnome-session-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gnome-session-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gnome-session-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gnome-session-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Session</application> 
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> 
Session</application></title>

<para>Install <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Session</application> by 
running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome  &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch puts 
<application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in 
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch puts 
configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> 
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Session</application> package 
contains 
<command>gnome-session</command>, 
<command>gnome-session-<replaceable>[utilities]</replaceable></command>, 
<command>gnome-smproxy</command> and 
<command>gnome-wm</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gnome-session</title>
<para><command>gnome-session</command> starts up the
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> desktop.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>session utilities</title>
<para>session utilities includes a configuration program and other
session management related utilities.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gnome-smproxy</title>
<para><command>gnome-smproxy</command> handles basic session management for 
applications that do not support <acronym>XSM</acronym>.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gnome-wm</title>
<para><command>gnome-wm</command> uses the <envar>$WINDOW_MANAGER</envar> 
environment variable to allow a user to define a window manager of choice. If 
no <envar>$WINDOW_MANAGER</envar> is defined, <command>gnome-wm</command> 
defaults to <command>metacity</command> as the default window manager.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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