> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:02 AM, John Frankish <j-frank...@slb.com> wrote: > > gnome-session doesn't appear to be setting $ XDG_MENU_PREFIX, but > perhaps I'm starting gnome-shell incorrectly? > > > > $ cat ~/.xsession > > ... > > XDG_MENU_PREFIX="gnome-" "$DESKTOP" 2>/tmp/wm_errors & ... > > > > Where $DESKTOP=gnome-shell > > > Well, gnome-session can only set XDG_MENU_PREFIX when it's executed :-) > > Admittedly I have no idea what else your .xsession contains, but the normal > way to launch a GNOME session is via gnome-session (which will take care of > starting other required components like gnome-settings-daemon and > gnome-shell); also note that some functionality will not be available when > gnome-session is not launched via GDM ...
As I'm working on a simple linux system I'm trying to keep things as uncomplicated as possible. I've been unable to make gdm work, but I can launch gnome-session by setting $DESKTOP=gnome-session in the above. When I did this, I noticed that the upower icon appeared in the top panel, but like the nm-applet, it will not let me do anything due to permission issues. By default the system I'm using has only one user and root and neither have a password, so I've no particular need of a logon. If at all possible, I'd like to try and get the full functionality using gnome-shell and some appropriate linux-pam settings, but perhaps that's not possible? _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
