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| 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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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[dcd16c6] | 7 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-download-http
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| 8 | "http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-session/&xfce4-version;/xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version;.tar.bz2">
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[17bcb81] | 9 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-download-ftp " ">
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[0855946] | 10 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-md5sum "f4921fb2e606e74643daf1212263076c">
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[71fcd95e] | 11 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-size "1.2 MB">
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[0855946] | 12 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-buildsize "14 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-time "0.2 SBU">
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[17bcb81] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="xfce4-session" xreflabel="xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="xfce4-session.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Xfce4 Session</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Xfce4 Session</application> is a session manager for
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| 35 | <application>Xfce</application>. Its task is to save the state of your
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| 36 | desktop (opened applications and their location) and restore it during a
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| 37 | next startup. You can create several different sessions and choose one of
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| 38 | them on startup.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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[5d580a3] | 41 | &lfs83_checked;
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[17bcb81] | 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfce4-session-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfce4-session-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &xfce4-session-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &xfce4-session-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &xfce4-session-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &xfce4-session-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xfce4 Session Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="required">
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[a20b14d6] | 81 | <xref linkend="libwnck2"/>,
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[878714f] | 82 | <xref linkend="libxfce4ui"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="which"/>, and
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| 84 | <xref linkend="xorg7-app"/>
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[17bcb81] | 85 | </para>
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| 86 |
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[8b59876] | 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="recommended">
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[eca7a58] | 89 | <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="shared-mime-info"/> and
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[31fc886] | 91 | <xref linkend="polkit-gnome"/>
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[8b59876] | 92 | </para>
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| 93 |
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[34e7ac3] | 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required Runtime</bridgehead>
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[1051f94e] | 95 | <para role="required">
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| 96 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="xfdesktop"/>
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[34e7ac3] | 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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[17bcb81] | 99 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 100 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xfce4-session"/>
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| 101 | </para>
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| 102 | </sect2>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 105 | <title>Installation of Xfce4 Session</title>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <para>
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| 108 | Install <application>Xfce4 Session</application> by running the following
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| 109 | commands:
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| 110 | </para>
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| 111 |
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[dcd16c6] | 112 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 113 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[f78b8b5] | 114 | --disable-legacy-sm &&
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[17bcb81] | 115 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>
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| 118 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 119 | </para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para>
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| 122 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[dcd16c6] | 126 |
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[17bcb81] | 127 | </sect2>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 130 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 131 |
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[f78b8b5] | 132 | <para>
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[7830c481] | 133 | <parameter>--disable-legacy-sm</parameter>: This switch disables
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[c4b0455] | 134 | legacy session management which isn't necessary on modern
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[f78b8b5] | 135 | system.
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| 136 | </para>
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[dcd16c6] | 137 |
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[17bcb81] | 138 | </sect2>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 141 | <title>Configuring Xfce4 Session</title>
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| 142 |
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[dcd16c6] | 143 | <para>
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| 144 | There are several optional run time dependencies for
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| 145 | <application>Xfce4</application>:
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[f1ce80b] | 146 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="consolekit"/>,</phrase>
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[4e349b9] | 147 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
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[f78b8b5] | 148 | <xref linkend="gnupg2"/>,
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| 149 | <xref linkend="hicolor-icon-theme"/> and
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| 150 | <xref linkend="openssh"/>
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[dcd16c6] | 151 | </para>
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[eca7a58] | 152 | <!--
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[6c3a7cc] | 153 | <para>
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[cc14443a] | 154 | To launch <application>Xfce4</application> use the command
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[f78b8b5] | 155 | <command>startxfce4</command>. If you have <xref linkend="consolekit"/>
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[eca7a58] | 156 | installed, use <command>startxfce4 -\-with-ck-launch</command>.
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[f78b8b5] | 157 | <application>ConsoleKit</application> is required to perform any
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| 158 | task that requires administrative access, including shut down
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| 159 | and reboot.
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[eca7a58] | 160 | </para>-->
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[6c3a7cc] | 161 |
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[8b59876] | 162 | <para>
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| 163 | When building an <application>Xfce4</application> package, some
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| 164 | configuration files are installed in <filename class="directory">
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[a8a3b0cd] | 165 | /usr/share/applications</filename>, <filename class="directory">
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| 166 | /usr/share/icons</filename>, and <filename class="directory">
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| 167 | /usr/share/mime</filename>. In order to use those files in your
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[8b59876] | 168 | <application>Xfce4</application> session, you need to update various
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| 169 | databases. Do that by running, as the <systemitem class="username">
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| 170 | root</systemitem> user (you need to have the recommended dependencies
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| 171 | installed):
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| 172 | </para>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <screen role="root"><userinput>update-desktop-database &&
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[aa5520e] | 175 | update-mime-database /usr/share/mime</userinput></screen>
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[17bcb81] | 176 | </sect2>
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| 177 |
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[eca7a58] | 178 | <sect2 role="starting">
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| 179 | <title>Starting Xfce4</title>
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| 180 |
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[3f460da0] | 181 | <para revision="sysv">
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[eca7a58] | 182 | You can start <application>Xfce4</application> from runlevel 3, using
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| 183 | <xref linkend="xinit"/>, or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager,
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[c225bfa] | 184 | such as <xref linkend="lightdm"/>.
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[eca7a58] | 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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[3f460da0] | 187 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 188 | You can start <application>Xfce4</application> from a TTY using
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[fd42347a] | 189 | <xref linkend="xinit"/><!--, or from a graphical display manager, such as
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[c225bfa] | 190 | <xref linkend="lightdm"/>-->.
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[3f460da0] | 191 | </para>
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| 192 |
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[eca7a58] | 193 | <para>
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| 194 | To start <application>Xfce4</application> using <xref linkend="xinit"/>,
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| 195 | run the following commands:
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| 196 | </para>
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| 197 |
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[3f460da0] | 198 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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[eca7a58] | 199 | <literal>ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4</literal>
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| 200 | EOF
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| 201 |
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[3f460da0] | 202 | startx</userinput></screen>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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| 205 | <literal>dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4</literal>
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| 206 | EOF
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| 207 |
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[eca7a58] | 208 | startx</userinput></screen>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <para>
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| 211 | The X session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, normally vt7.
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[d09eb9b] | 212 | You can switch to another vt<emphasis>n</emphasis> simultaneously
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| 213 | pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-F<emphasis>n</emphasis>
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| 214 | (<emphasis>n</emphasis>=1, 2, ...). To switch back to the X session,
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| 215 | normally started at vt7, use Ctrl-Alt-F7. The vt where the command
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| 216 | <command>startx</command> was executed will display many messages,
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| 217 | including X starting messages, applications automatically started with
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| 218 | the session, and eventually, some warning and error messages. You may
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| 219 | prefer to redirect those messages to a log file, which not only will keep
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[1c8d0ff] | 220 | the initial vt uncluttered, but can also be used for debugging purposes. This
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[d09eb9b] | 221 | can be done starting X with:
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[eca7a58] | 222 | </para>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <screen><userinput>startx &> ~/.x-session-errors</userinput></screen>
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| 225 |
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[3f460da0] | 226 | <note revision="sysv">
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[d09eb9b] | 227 | <para>
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| 228 | You may wish to drop consolekit and/or dbus-launch, e.g., just using
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[1bac25ed] | 229 | startxfce4 in ~/.xinitrc. However some capabilities such as mounting or
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| 230 | umounting file systems from a file manager will not be possible, or the
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| 231 | reboot option will be absent or inoperative, among other problems.
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[d09eb9b] | 232 | </para>
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| 233 | </note>
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[eca7a58] | 234 |
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| 235 | <para>
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[1bac25ed] | 236 | When shutting down or rebooting, the shutdown messages appear on the vt
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[d09eb9b] | 237 | where X was running. If you wish to see those messages, simultaneously
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| 238 | press keys Alt-F7 (assuming that X was running on vt7).
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[eca7a58] | 239 | </para>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | </sect2>
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| 242 |
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[17bcb81] | 243 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 244 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <segmentedlist>
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| 247 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 248 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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[f7b6f93a] | 249 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[17bcb81] | 250 |
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| 251 | <seglistitem>
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| 252 | <seg>
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| 253 | xfce4-session,
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| 254 | xfce4-session-logout,
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| 255 | xfce4-session-settings and
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[dcd16c6] | 256 | xfce4-tips
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| 257 | </seg>
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| 258 | <seg>
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| 259 | libxfsm-4.6.so
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[17bcb81] | 260 | </seg>
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| 261 | <seg>
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| 262 | /usr/include/xfce4/xfce4-session-4.6,
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| 263 | /usr/share/xfce4/tips and
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[dcd16c6] | 264 | /usr/share/doc/xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version;
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[17bcb81] | 265 | </seg>
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| 266 | </seglistitem>
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| 267 | </segmentedlist>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <variablelist>
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| 270 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 271 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 272 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-prog">
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| 275 | <term><command>xfce4-session</command></term>
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| 276 | <listitem>
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| 277 | <para>
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| 278 | starts up the <application>Xfce</application> Desktop Environment.
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| 279 | </para>
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-prog">
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| 281 | <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
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| 282 | </indexterm>
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| 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | </varlistentry>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-logout">
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| 287 | <term><command>xfce4-session-logout</command></term>
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| 288 | <listitem>
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| 289 | <para>
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| 290 | logs out from <application>Xfce</application>.
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| 291 | </para>
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| 292 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-logout">
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| 293 | <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session-logout">xfce4-session-logout</primary>
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| 294 | </indexterm>
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| 295 | </listitem>
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| 296 | </varlistentry>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-settings">
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| 299 | <term><command>xfce4-session-settings</command></term>
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| 300 | <listitem>
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| 301 | <para>
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[dcd16c6] | 302 | is a <application>GTK+ 2</application> GUI which allows you to alter
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[17bcb81] | 303 | your preferences for your <application>Xfce Session</application>.
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| 304 | </para>
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| 305 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-settings">
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| 306 | <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session-settings">xfce4-session-settings</primary>
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| 307 | </indexterm>
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| 308 | </listitem>
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| 309 | </varlistentry>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <varlistentry id="xfce4-tips">
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| 312 | <term><command>xfce4-tips</command></term>
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| 313 | <listitem>
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| 314 | <para>
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[dcd16c6] | 315 | is a <application>GTK+ 2</application> GUI which displays tips when
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[17bcb81] | 316 | you log in to an <application>Xfce Session</application>.
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| 317 | </para>
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| 318 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-tips">
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| 319 | <primary sortas="b-xfce4-tips">xfce4-tips</primary>
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| 320 | </indexterm>
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| 321 | </listitem>
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| 322 | </varlistentry>
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| 323 |
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[dcd16c6] | 324 | <varlistentry id="libxfsm-4">
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[17bcb81] | 325 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxfsm-4.6.so</filename></term>
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| 326 | <listitem>
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| 327 | <para>
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| 328 | contains the <application>Xfce Session</application> API functions.
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| 329 | </para>
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[dcd16c6] | 330 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session libxfsm-4">
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| 331 | <primary sortas="c-libxfsm-4">libxfsm-4.6.so</primary>
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[17bcb81] | 332 | </indexterm>
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| 333 | </listitem>
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| 334 | </varlistentry>
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[dcd16c6] | 335 |
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[17bcb81] | 336 | </variablelist>
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[dcd16c6] | 337 |
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[17bcb81] | 338 | </sect2>
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[dcd16c6] | 339 |
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[17bcb81] | 340 | </sect1>
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