source: xfce/core/xfce4-session.xml@ 0d7900a

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  %general-entities;

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  <!ENTITY xfce4-session-size          "1.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY xfce4-session-buildsize     "20 MB">
  <!ENTITY xfce4-session-time          "0.3 SBU">
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<sect1 id="xfce4-session" xreflabel="xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xfce4-session.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xfce4-session">
    <primary sortas="a-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Xfce4 Session</title>

    <para>
      <application>Xfce4 Session</application> is a session manager for
      <application>Xfce</application>. Its task is to save the state of your
      desktop (opened applications and their location) and restore it during a
      next startup. You can create several different sessions and choose one of
      them on startup.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xfce4-session-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xfce4-session-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &xfce4-session-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &xfce4-session-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &xfce4-session-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &xfce4-session-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xfce4 Session Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="libwnck2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libxfce4ui"/> and
      <xref linkend="which"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xfce4-session"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Xfce4 Session</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Xfce4 Session</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version; \
            --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

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

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Xfce4 Session</title>

    <para>There are several optional run time dependencies for
    <application>Xfce4</application>:  <xref linkend="hicolor-icon-theme"/>,
    <xref linkend="consolekit"/>, <xref linkend="upower"/>,
    <xref linkend="openssh"/>, <xref linkend="gnupg2"/>, and
    <xref linkend="sudo"/>.</para>

    <para>
      To launch <application>Xfce4</application> use the command
      <command>startxfce4</command>.  If you have <xref linkend="consolekit"/>
      installed, use <command>startxfce4 --with-ck-launch</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      To determine who can shut down or reboot your computer,
      <application>Xfce4 Session</application> has a run time dependency on
      <xref linkend="sudo"/>. To configure <application>Sudo</application> so
      that a user can shut down or reboot, add a line to
      <filename>/etc/sudoers</filename>. In this <command>echo</command>, change
      USERNAME for the user's login name. As the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>echo <replaceable>USERNAME</replaceable> ${HOSTNAME} = NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/xfce4/session/xfsm-shutdown-helper \
  &gt;&gt; /etc/sudoers</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          xfce4-session,
          xfce4-session-logout,
          xfce4-session-settings and
          xfce4-tips.
        </seg>
        <seg>libxfsm-4.6.so.</seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/xfce4/xfce4-session-4.6,
          /usr/share/xfce4/tips and
          /usr/share/doc/xfce4-session-&xfce4-session-version;.
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-prog">
        <term><command>xfce4-session</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            starts up the <application>Xfce</application> Desktop Environment.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session">xfce4-session</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-logout">
        <term><command>xfce4-session-logout</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            logs out from <application>Xfce</application>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-logout">
            <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session-logout">xfce4-session-logout</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfce4-session-settings">
        <term><command>xfce4-session-settings</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a <application>Gtk 2</application> GUI which allows you to alter
            your preferences for your <application>Xfce Session</application>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-session-settings">
            <primary sortas="b-xfce4-session-settings">xfce4-session-settings</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xfce4-tips">
        <term><command>xfce4-tips</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a <application>Gtk 2</application> GUI which displays tips when
            you log in to an <application>Xfce Session</application>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfce4-session xfce4-tips">
            <primary sortas="b-xfce4-tips">xfce4-tips</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libxfsm-4.6">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libxfsm-4.6.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>Xfce Session</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xfce4-session libxfsm-4.6">
            <primary sortas="c-libxfsm-4.6">libxfsm-4.6.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>