glfs/gnome/core/gnome-session.xml
Randy McMurchy 2ed52f8c93 Updated to GNOME-Session-2.8.1
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY gnome-session-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-session/&gnome-version;/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gnome-session-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-session/&gnome-version;/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gnome-session-md5sum "15402d84eef4cf159bb8de78f432bb98">
<!ENTITY gnome-session-size "883 KB">
<!ENTITY gnome-session-buildsize "12.1 MB">
<!ENTITY gnome-session-time "0.24 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="gnome-session" xreflabel="GNOME Session-&gnome-session-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gnome-session.html"?>
<title>GNOME Session-&gnome-session-version;</title>
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>
Session</application></title>
<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Session</application>
package contains the <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>
session manager.</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gnome-session-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gnome-session-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gnome-session-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gnome-session-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gnome-session-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gnome-session-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title><application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Session</application>
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="libgnomeui"/></para>
</sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym>
Session</application></title>
<para>Install <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Session</application> by
running the following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
--localstatedir=/var/lib --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch puts
<application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in
<filename class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>
<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch puts
configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename>
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<para>The <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym> Session</application> package
contains
<command>gnome-session</command>,
<command>gnome-session-<replaceable>[utilities]</replaceable></command>,
<command>gnome-smproxy</command> and
<command>gnome-wm</command>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>gnome-session</title>
<para><command>gnome-session</command> starts up the
<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> desktop.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>session utilities</title>
<para>session utilities includes a configuration program and other
session management related utilities.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>gnome-smproxy</title>
<para><command>gnome-smproxy</command> handles basic session management for
applications that do not support <acronym>XSM</acronym>.</para></sect3>
<sect3><title>gnome-wm</title>
<para><command>gnome-wm</command> uses the <envar>$WINDOW_MANAGER</envar>
environment variable to allow a user to define a window manager of choice. If
no <envar>$WINDOW_MANAGER</envar> is defined, <command>gnome-wm</command>
defaults to <command>metacity</command> as the default window manager.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>