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Bug#247365: KDM should use /etc/dm/Sessions as a source for its .desktop files or ship a xfce4.desktop



'ello Chris

On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 02:36:39PM -0500, Chris Cheney wrote:
> On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 07:10:18PM +0100, Simon Huggins wrote:
> > KDM should probably just avoid duplication of effort and use the
> > *.desktop files in /etc/dm/Sessions that gdm is starting to use instead
> > of shipping its own.

> I'm sorry you are wrong.

> Quoted directly from GDM docs:

> --

> The remaining configuration is done by dropping scripts in the
> subdirectories of the /etc/gdm/ folder or dropping .desktop-style files
> in /etc/dm/Sessions/ or /etc/X11/sessions/.  The latter is also read by
> KDM for common configuration.
[..]

Ah okie.

> > If you're unwilling to do this please include the attached xfce4.desktop
> > for the XFce4 desktop environment.
> The maintainer of XFce4 needs to provide a xfce4.desktop file in the
> /usr/share/xessions/ dir just like I did for kde so that both dm's can
> see the file. It is not the DM's place to ship .desktop files for
> every WM in existence. Afaict GDM provides none by default and KDM
> only provides 48 by default. If you need more information ask the GDM
> maintainer Ryan Murray...

Why does KDM provide so many in the first place then?

I'll ship it in /etc/X11/sessions instead - thanks for the
clarification.

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