On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 03:46:58PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote:
> On 12/30/20 1:18 PM, Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev wrote:
>
> > I think you can start gnome without a dm, by putting "exec gnome-
> > session" in .xinitrc. Now how to only start gnome-shell, I am not sure.
>
> This is what I use:
>
>
> $ cat .xinitrc
> session=${2:-xfce}
>
> dbus="dbus-launch --exit-with-session"
> ck="ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session"
>
> case $session in
> fluxbox ) exec startfluxbox ;;
> icewm ) exec icewm-session ;;
> openbox ) exec openbox-session ;;
> sawfish ) exec sawfish ;;
> kde5|plasma ) exec $dbus /opt/kf5/bin/startplasma-x11 ;;
> xfce|xfce4 ) exec $dbus startxfce4 ;;
> lxde ) exec ck-launch-session startlxde ;;
> lxqt ) $dbus /opt/lxqt/bin/startlxqt ;;
> lxqt2 ) exec /opt/lxqt/bin/startlxqt ;;
> gnome ) $dbus /usr/bin/gnome-session ;;
>
> twm ) xterm -g 80x40+0+0 &
> xclock -g 100x100-0+0 &
> twm
> ;;
>
> # No known session, just say so
> *) echo "Cannot run $1" ;;
> esac
> ----
>
> Some of the entries are obsolete. The default can be changed in line 1.
>
> -- Bruce
Thanks. do you think we should mention this for gnome, or is
everyone who goes to the trouble of building it assuemd to want to
use a desktop manager ?
ĸen
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