[17bcb81] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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[c6b192c] | 8 | "https://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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[b72894d0] | 10 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-md5sum "dfdcb697a2315168e2e56a70f17a19b7">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-size "856 KB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-buildsize "16 MB">
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[3441548] | 13 | <!ENTITY xfce4-session-time "0.1 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 |
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| 20 | <title>xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
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| 24 | </indexterm>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 27 | <title>Introduction to Xfce4 Session</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>
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| 30 | <application>Xfce4 Session</application> is a session manager for
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| 31 | <application>Xfce</application>. Its task is to save the state of your
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| 32 | desktop (opened applications and their location) and restore it during a
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| 33 | next startup. You can create several different sessions and choose one of
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| 34 | them on startup.
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| 35 | </para>
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| 36 |
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[bb72b0a] | 37 | &lfs120_checked;
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[17bcb81] | 38 |
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| 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfce4-session-download-http;"/>
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| 44 | </para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfce4-session-download-ftp;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download MD5 sum: &xfce4-session-md5sum;
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| 54 | </para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download size: &xfce4-session-size;
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| 59 | </para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Estimated disk space required: &xfce4-session-buildsize;
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| 64 | </para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated build time: &xfce4-session-time;
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| 69 | </para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xfce4 Session Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 76 | <para role="required">
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[3441548] | 77 | <xref linkend="libwnck"/> and
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| 78 | <xref linkend="libxfce4ui"/>
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[17bcb81] | 79 | </para>
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| 80 |
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[8b59876] | 81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 82 | <para role="recommended">
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[eca7a58] | 83 | <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
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[dc235691] | 84 | <ulink url="https://docs.xfce.org/apps/screensaver/start">xfce4-screensaver</ulink> or <xref linkend="xscreensaver"/>,
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[eca7a58] | 85 | <xref linkend="shared-mime-info"/> and
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[31fc886] | 86 | <xref linkend="polkit-gnome"/>
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[8b59876] | 87 | </para>
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| 88 |
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[34e7ac3] | 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required Runtime</bridgehead>
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[1051f94e] | 90 | <para role="required">
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| 91 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="xfdesktop"/>
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[34e7ac3] | 92 | </para>
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| 93 |
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[17bcb81] | 94 | </sect2>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 97 | <title>Installation of Xfce4 Session</title>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>
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| 100 | Install <application>Xfce4 Session</application> by running the following
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| 101 | commands:
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| 102 | </para>
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| 103 |
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[dcd16c6] | 104 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 105 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[f78b8b5] | 106 | --disable-legacy-sm &&
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[17bcb81] | 107 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>
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| 110 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 111 | </para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>
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| 114 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 115 | </para>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[dcd16c6] | 118 |
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[17bcb81] | 119 | </sect2>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 122 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 123 |
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[f78b8b5] | 124 | <para>
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[7830c481] | 125 | <parameter>--disable-legacy-sm</parameter>: This switch disables
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[c4b0455] | 126 | legacy session management which isn't necessary on modern
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[f78b8b5] | 127 | system.
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| 128 | </para>
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[dcd16c6] | 129 |
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[17bcb81] | 130 | </sect2>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 133 | <title>Configuring Xfce4 Session</title>
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| 134 |
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[dcd16c6] | 135 | <para>
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| 136 | There are several optional run time dependencies for
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| 137 | <application>Xfce4</application>:
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[4e349b9] | 138 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
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[f78b8b5] | 139 | <xref linkend="gnupg2"/>,
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| 140 | <xref linkend="hicolor-icon-theme"/> and
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| 141 | <xref linkend="openssh"/>
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[dcd16c6] | 142 | </para>
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[6c3a7cc] | 143 |
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[8b59876] | 144 | <para>
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| 145 | When building an <application>Xfce4</application> package, some
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| 146 | configuration files are installed in <filename class="directory">
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[a8a3b0cd] | 147 | /usr/share/applications</filename>, <filename class="directory">
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| 148 | /usr/share/icons</filename>, and <filename class="directory">
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| 149 | /usr/share/mime</filename>. In order to use those files in your
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[8b59876] | 150 | <application>Xfce4</application> session, you need to update various
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| 151 | databases. Do that by running, as the <systemitem class="username">
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| 152 | root</systemitem> user (you need to have the recommended dependencies
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| 153 | installed):
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| 154 | </para>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <screen role="root"><userinput>update-desktop-database &&
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[aa5520e] | 157 | update-mime-database /usr/share/mime</userinput></screen>
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[17bcb81] | 158 | </sect2>
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| 159 |
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[eca7a58] | 160 | <sect2 role="starting">
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| 161 | <title>Starting Xfce4</title>
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| 162 |
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[3f460da0] | 163 | <para revision="sysv">
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[eca7a58] | 164 | You can start <application>Xfce4</application> from runlevel 3, using
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| 165 | <xref linkend="xinit"/>, or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager,
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[c225bfa] | 166 | such as <xref linkend="lightdm"/>.
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[eca7a58] | 167 | </para>
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| 168 |
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[3f460da0] | 169 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 170 | You can start <application>Xfce4</application> from a TTY using
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[51dfb3e] | 171 | <xref linkend="xinit"/>, or from a graphical display manager, such as
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| 172 | <xref linkend="lightdm"/>.
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[3f460da0] | 173 | </para>
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| 174 |
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[eca7a58] | 175 | <para>
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| 176 | To start <application>Xfce4</application> using <xref linkend="xinit"/>,
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| 177 | run the following commands:
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| 178 | </para>
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| 179 |
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[51dfb3e] | 180 | <screen><userinput>cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
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[ae20e9a] | 181 | <literal>dbus-launch --exit-with-x11 startxfce4</literal>
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[3f460da0] | 182 | EOF
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| 183 |
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[eca7a58] | 184 | startx</userinput></screen>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | The X session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, normally vt7.
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[d09eb9b] | 188 | You can switch to another vt<emphasis>n</emphasis> simultaneously
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| 189 | pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-F<emphasis>n</emphasis>
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| 190 | (<emphasis>n</emphasis>=1, 2, ...). To switch back to the X session,
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| 191 | normally started at vt7, use Ctrl-Alt-F7. The vt where the command
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| 192 | <command>startx</command> was executed will display many messages,
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| 193 | including X starting messages, applications automatically started with
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| 194 | the session, and eventually, some warning and error messages. You may
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| 195 | prefer to redirect those messages to a log file, which not only will keep
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[1c8d0ff] | 196 | the initial vt uncluttered, but can also be used for debugging purposes. This
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[d09eb9b] | 197 | can be done starting X with:
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[eca7a58] | 198 | </para>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <screen><userinput>startx &> ~/.x-session-errors</userinput></screen>
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| 201 |
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[3f460da0] | 202 | <note revision="sysv">
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[d09eb9b] | 203 | <para>
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[ce5819b] | 204 | You may wish to drop dbus-launch, e.g., just using
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[1bac25ed] | 205 | startxfce4 in ~/.xinitrc. However some capabilities such as mounting or
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| 206 | umounting file systems from a file manager will not be possible, or the
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| 207 | reboot option will be absent or inoperative, among other problems.
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[d09eb9b] | 208 | </para>
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| 209 | </note>
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[eca7a58] | 210 |
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| 211 | <para>
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[1bac25ed] | 212 | When shutting down or rebooting, the shutdown messages appear on the vt
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[d09eb9b] | 213 | where X was running. If you wish to see those messages, simultaneously
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| 214 | press keys Alt-F7 (assuming that X was running on vt7).
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[eca7a58] | 215 | </para>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | </sect2>
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| 218 |
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[17bcb81] | 219 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 220 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <segmentedlist>
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| 223 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 224 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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[f7b6f93a] | 225 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[17bcb81] | 226 |
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| 227 | <seglistitem>
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| 228 | <seg>
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[3441548] | 229 | startxfce4,
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[17bcb81] | 230 | xfce4-session,
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| 231 | xfce4-session-logout,
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[3441548] | 232 | xfce4-session-settings, and
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| 233 | xflock4
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[dcd16c6] | 234 | </seg>
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| 235 | <seg>
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[3441548] | 236 | None
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[17bcb81] | 237 | </seg>
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| 238 | <seg>
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[3441548] | 239 | /usr/lib/xfce4/session
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[17bcb81] | 240 | </seg>
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| 241 | </seglistitem>
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| 242 | </segmentedlist>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <variablelist>
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| 245 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 246 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 247 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-prog">
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| 250 | <term><command>xfce4-session</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 253 | starts up the <application>Xfce</application> Desktop Environment
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[17bcb81] | 254 | </para>
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| 255 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-prog">
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| 256 | <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
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| 257 | </indexterm>
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| 258 | </listitem>
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| 259 | </varlistentry>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-logout">
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| 262 | <term><command>xfce4-session-logout</command></term>
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| 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 265 | logs out from <application>Xfce</application>
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[17bcb81] | 266 | </para>
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| 267 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-logout">
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| 268 | <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session-logout">xfce4-session-logout</primary>
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| 269 | </indexterm>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 | </varlistentry>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-settings">
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| 274 | <term><command>xfce4-session-settings</command></term>
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| 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>
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[5e99854b] | 277 | is a <application>GTK+ 3</application> GUI which allows you to alter
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[4c24eb0a] | 278 | your preferences for your <application>Xfce Session</application>
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[17bcb81] | 279 | </para>
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-settings">
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| 281 | <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session-settings">xfce4-session-settings</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 | </variablelist>
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[dcd16c6] | 287 |
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[17bcb81] | 288 | </sect2>
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[dcd16c6] | 289 |
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[17bcb81] | 290 | </sect1>
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