Hello Joey,
Am 2010-09-01 15:31:26, schrieb Joey Hess:
> I'm using gdm and gnome, but I would like to be able to run a shell
> script as part of session startup, in order to
>
> a) Set environment variables etc.
> b) Start a lot of programs that I don't want to have to manually
> configure gnome to start. I want these programs whether or not
> I'm in gnome.
>
> Currently, .xsessionrc is started at step 40 of Xsession.d. This allows
> for use A, but not really for use B.
>
> In particular, I had my .xsessionrc starting a terminal, and just wasted
> a thourougly embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out why,
> despite gpg-agent being started, GPG_AGENT_INFO was not set. (Not
> thinking to start a second terminal and try it there.)
>
> Some solution that would let me accomplish B would be appreciated.
> At the moment, the only way to do it seems to be to make one's window
> manager into a wrapper script.
I use the ~/.xsession file and it works with XDM, WDM, GDM and KDM.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
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