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XFCE comes supplied with an xinitrc script, use that instead.

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It turns out that making ~/.xinitrc & ~/.xsession a shell script with a bang
path & marked executable is a relic of the past. These files are execed by
the scripts which call them.

Tested on FreeBSD-CURRENT with rene@
PR:		222844
Submitted by:	Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier at gmail>
Approved by:	bcr (mentor) rene
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16687
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Sevan Janiyan 2018-08-12 08:39:16 +00:00
parent 61eec2b72a
commit 93329a27b5
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=52111
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@ -1507,9 +1507,7 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
the display manager. In this case, create an executable
<filename>~/.xsession</filename>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "#!/bin/sh" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session" &gt;&gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="x11-wm-kde">
@ -1586,9 +1584,7 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
an executable <filename>~/.xsession</filename> as
follows:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "#!/bin/sh" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/bin/startkde" &gt;&gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/bin/startkde" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
<para>Once <application>KDE</application> is started, refer to
its built-in help system for more information on how to use
@ -1620,22 +1616,30 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para><application>Xfce</application> uses
<application>D-Bus</application> for a message bus. This
application is automatically installed as dependency of
<application>Xfce</application>. Enable it in
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> so it will be started when
the system boots:</para>
<programlisting>dbus_enable="YES"</programlisting>
<para>Unlike <application>GNOME</application> or
<application>KDE</application>,
<application>Xfce</application> does not provide its own login
manager. In order to start <application>Xfce</application>
from the command line by typing <command>startx</command>,
first add its entry to <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
first create <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> with this
command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 --with-ck-launch" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo ". /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
<para>An alternate method is to use
<application>XDM</application>. To configure this method,
create an executable <filename>~/.xsession</filename>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "#!/bin/sh" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 --with-ck-launch" &gt;&gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo ". /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
</sect1>