Changeset b4cefdb6

Timestamp:

08/13/2022 03:26:06 PM (20 months ago)

Author:

Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>

Branches:

11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

5ac8686

Parents:

5a2fffaa

Message:

GDM: Add text on how to start GNOME from the command line.

This is useful for users who don't want a display manager, as well as
users who have the proprietary NVIDIA driver installed and want Wayland
support (since GDM won't show the session).

I placed this in the GDM page since GDM is still required for such a
session to work anyway (the .GIR files in particular), but I'm open to
moving it in the future if desired.

Files:

• gnome/platform/gdm.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)

gnome/platform/gdm.xml

@@ -284 +284 @@
 
     </sect3>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="starting">
+    <title>Starting GNOME</title>
+
+    <para>
+      It is possible to start <application>GNOME</application> from the command
+      line, rather than using GDM. However, you must still have GDM installed
+      for some portions of the desktop to work. One reason to start from the
+      command line is if you want Wayland support on a system that has the
+      proprietary NVIDIA driver installed, since GDM will not show the Wayland
+      session type on such a system.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      To start <application>GNOME</application> using
+      <xref role="nodep" linkend="xinit"/>, run the following commands:
+    </para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal>dbus-run-session gnome-session</literal>
+EOF
+
+startx</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      Alternatively, to start <application>GNOME</application> with Wayland
+      support, run the following command:
+    </para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>dbus-run-session -- gnome-shell --display-server --wayland</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -42 +42 @@
     </listitem>
     -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>August 13th, 2022</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Add text to the GDM page on starting GNOME from
+          the command line.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>August 12th, 2022</para>