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gnome-session

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Name

gnome-session - Start the GNOME desktop environment

Synopsis

gnome-session [-a|--autostart=DIR] [--session=SESSION] [--failsafe|-f]

[--debug] [--whale]

Description

GNOME-SESSION(1) General Commands Manual GNOME-SESSION(1)

NAME

gnome-session - Start the GNOME desktop environment

SYNOPSIS

gnome-session [-a|--autostart=DIR] [--session=SESSION] [--failsafe|-f]

[--debug] [--whale]

DESCRIPTION

The gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment. This

command is typically executed by your login manager (either gdm, xdm,

or from your X startup scripts). It will load either your saved ses-

sion, or it will provide a default session for the user as defined by

the system administrator (or the default GNOME installation on your

system).

The default session is defined in gnome.session, a .desktop-like file

that is looked for in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnome-session/sessions,

$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/gnome-session/sessions and $XDG_DATA_DIRS/gnome-ses-

sion/sessions.

When saving a session, gnome-session saves the currently running appli-

cations in the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnome-session/saved-session directory.

gnome-session is an X11R6 session manager. It can manage GNOME applica-

tions as well as any X11R6 SM compliant application.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

--autostart=DIR

Start all applications defined in DIR, instead of starting the

applications defined in gnome.session, or via the --session

option. Multiple --autostart options can be passed.

--session=SESSION

Use the applications defined in SESSION.session. If not speci-

fied, gnome.session will be used.

--failsafe

Run in fail-safe mode. User-specified applications will not be

started.

--debug

Enable debugging code.

--whale

Show the fail whale in a dialog for debugging it.

SESSION DEFINITION

Sessions are defined in .session files, that are using a .desktop-like

format, with the following keys in the GNOME Session group:

Name Name of the session. This can be localized.

RequiredComponents

List of component identifiers (desktop files) that are required

by the session. The required components will always run in the

session.

Here is an example of a session definition:

[GNOME Session]

Name=GNOME

RequiredComponents=gnome-shell;gnome-settings-daemon;

The .session files are looked for in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnome-ses-

sion/sessions, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/gnome-session/sessions and

$XDG_DATA_DIRS/gnome-session/sessions.

ENVIRONMENT

gnome-session sets several environment variables for the use of its

child processes:

SESSION_MANAGER

This variable is used by session-manager aware clients to con-

tact gnome-session.

DISPLAY

This variable is set to the X display being used by gnome-ses-

sion. Note that if the --display option is used this might be

different from the setting of the environment variable when

gnome-session is invoked.

FILES

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/config/autostart $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/config/autostart

/usr/share/gnome/autostart

The applications defined in those directories will be started on

login.

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnome-session/sessions $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/gnome-ses-

sion/sessions $XDG_DATA_DIRS/gnome-session/sessions

These directories contain the .session files that can be used

with the --session option.

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gnome-session/saved-session

This directory contains the list of applications of the saved

session.

BUGS

If you find bugs in the gnome-session program, please report these on

https://bugzilla.gnome.org.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

+---------------+-----------------------+

|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |

+---------------+-----------------------+

|Availability | gnome/gnome-session |

+---------------+-----------------------+

|Stability | Pass-through volatile |

+---------------+-----------------------+

SEE ALSO

gnome-session-quit(1)

NOTES

This software was built from source available at

https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community

source was downloaded from https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-

session/3.24/gnome-session-3.24.0.tar.xz

Further information about this software can be found on the open source

community website at https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/SessionManagement.

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