glfs/gnome/platform/gnome-session.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gnome-session-download-http
           "&gnome-download-http;/gnome-session/&gnome-minor-26;/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-download-ftp
           "&gnome-download-ftp;/gnome-session/&gnome-minor-26;/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-md5sum        "4c108adbf6ebe25486d41a9bc8cc340c">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-size          "772 KB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-buildsize     "18 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnome-session-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gnome-session" xreflabel="gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;" revision="systemd">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnome-session.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>gnome-session-&gnome-session-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnome-session">
    <primary sortas="a-gnome-session">gnome-session</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GNOME Session</title>

    <para>
      The <application>GNOME Session</application> package contains
      the <application>GNOME</application> session manager.
    </para>

    &lfs81_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <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>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GNOME Session Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="gnome-desktop"/>,
      <xref linkend="json-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="mesa"/>, and
      <xref linkend="upower"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
      <xref linkend="xmlto"/>, and
      <xref linkend="libxslt"/> with
      <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and
      <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/> (to build the documentation)
    </para>
   
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="systemd"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnome-session"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GNOME Session</title>

    <para>
      When running Gnome under <xref linkend="wayland"/>, environment settings
      are not imported for the user using the system profile. The Wayland
      developers are currently undecided on a standard method to provide system
      environment settings for user sessions. To work around this limitation,
      execute the following command to start make
      <command>gnome-session</command> use a login shell:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed 's@/bin/sh@/bin/sh -l@' -i gnome-session/gnome-session.in</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Install <application>GNOME Session</application> by
      running the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version; &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-docbook-docs</option>: This switch is used to
      enable building the documentation.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          gnome-session, gnome-session-inhibit, and gnome-session-quit
        </seg>
       <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/share/doc/gnome-session-&gnome-session-version; and
          /usr/share/gnome-session
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-session-prog">
        <term><command>gnome-session</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to start up the <application>GNOME</application>
            Desktop environment.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-session-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-session">gnome-session</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-session-inhibit">
        <term><command>gnome-session-inhibit</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to inhibit certain <application>GNOME</application>
            Session functionality while executing the given command.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-session-inhibit">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-session-inhibit">gnome-session-inhibit</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gnome-session-quit">
        <term><command>gnome-session-quit</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to end the <application>GNOME</application> Session.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gnome-session gnome-session-quit">
            <primary sortas="b-gnome-session-quit">gnome-session-quit</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>