Re: Dual-Monitor help
On 08/29/2012 02:13 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
The Wanderer wrote:
Bob Proulx wrote:
exec x-session-manager
The 'x-session-manager' is a Debian package specific symlink handle that
always points to the currently configured window manager.
Isn't that 'x-window-manager'?
At least, I don't have an 'x-session-manager' on my system (tracking
testing, with a few hints of stable and sid), but I do have
'x-window-manager'.
Well... I really meant x-session-manager since that is the system default.
x-window-manager is something related but different. And then there is also
x-terminal-emulator in the complete set.
Okay. It just seemed to me that since there is 'x-window-manager', which
obviously points to the currently configured window manager, it would be odd for
an 'x-session-manager' to also - by your words - point to the currently
configured window manager.
And I don't think I've previously heard of a "session manager" in this context.
Look in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/* for x-session-manager. On my system:
$ find /etc/X11/Xsession.d -type f -exec grep -lh x-session-manager {} +
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/55gnome-session_gnomerc
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/55awesome-javaworkaround
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup
On my system:
$ find /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ -type f -exec grep -lh x-session-manager {} +
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup
Also,
$ locate x-session-manager
returns no results.
And you can see what x-session-manager is with update-alternatives. Again on
my system:
<snip>
$ update-alternatives --display x-session-manager
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x-session-manager
Hopefully that explains what is happening.
It does, thanks.
For what it's worth, I'm not surprised by the existence of another "generic
name" for defining such alternatives; it's a useful model, and Debian seems to
have implemented it fairly well, though if it's properly documented I don't know
where to look to find that documentation (aside from e.g. the
update-alternatives man page).
The only thing that surprised me was the claim that x-session-manager points to
the configured window manager, when I already know that x-window-manager does
that, and when I hadn't heard of a "session manager" in this context.
As such, I felt it worth asking the question, just in case that had been a
brainfart on your part. Since it wasn't, oh well, hopefully no harm done.
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