Re: GNOME crashes when .xsession file is present.
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:37:25 +0530, Disc Magnet wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:05:45 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
>>
>>> ~/.xsession is recognized by the Xsession usually located at
>>> /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession or /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession. gdm, usually comes
>>> with a link to it, and it is called by default. Xsession will look
>>> for several files, one of them being ~/.xsession.
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> Nice explanation!
>>
>> Yep, I already knew that so I asked the OP what is the content of the
>> file and what were his goals ;-)
>>
>>
> I did two trials. In one, the content was just "echo hello world". Next
> time it was of 0 length. I was just experimenting to see if I can put
> any startup commands which will run everytime I log into GNOME. In both
> trials, GNOME crashed.
That is the expected behaviour.
You *can* put commands in that file but in a proper manner. You have to
follow the file specs. Javier already gave you the hints on how to
proceed and you have also the Debian manual:
***
Chapter 7. The X Window System
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch07.en.html#_customizing_the_x_session_classic_method
***
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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