[gnome-user-docs] Updated custom-session.page
- From: Jana Svarova <jsvarova src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] Updated custom-session.page
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:50:51 +0000 (UTC)
commit 2c118dfe8859266e8bf547496d58956cc8d6933c
Author: Jana Svarova <jsvarova redhat com>
Date: Tue Apr 2 17:58:18 2013 +0200
Updated custom-session.page
system-admin-guide/C/custom-session.page | 76 ++++++++++-------------------
1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/system-admin-guide/C/custom-session.page b/system-admin-guide/C/custom-session.page
index 35e6ea4..b3fce10 100644
--- a/system-admin-guide/C/custom-session.page
+++ b/system-admin-guide/C/custom-session.page
@@ -12,32 +12,25 @@
<years>2012</years>
</credit>
- <credit type="author copyright">
- <name>Jana Svarova</name>
- <email>jana svarova gmail com</email>
- <years>2013</years>
- </credit>
-
<desc>Install a desktop session file.</desc>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
- <title>Create a custom session</title>
+ <title>Creating a custom session</title>
<comment>
<cite date="2012-11-19"
href="mailto:amany_elguindy gmail com">minnie_eg</cite>
- <p>This assumes the reader knows how to edit files as the root user and how
- to navigate through the manual page. By the end of this page,
+ <p>This assumes the reader knows how to edit files as user root and how
+ to navigate through a <cmd>man</cmd> page. By the end of this page,
the reader will be able to create custom sessions with different
options.</p>
</comment>
- <p>To create a custom session with different options, follow these steps:</p>
-
-<steps>
- <item><p>Create a desktop file in the <file>/usr/share/xsessions/new-session.desktop</file> file format.
The content of the desktop file should contain the following entries:</p>
+ <p>User sessions can be created using desktop files such as
+ <file>/usr/share/xsessions/new-session.desktop</file> which
+ may contain the following:</p>
<code>
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
@@ -46,56 +39,39 @@
Comment=This is our custom session
<input>Exec</input>=gnome-session
</code>
- </item>
- <item><p>Type <cmd>man gnome-session</cmd> into the Terminal to display more information on session
options and
- parameters that can be used with <code>Exec</code>.</p>
- </item>
- <item><p>Save the custom session file that includes various parameters in
- the <file>/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/new-session.session</file> file.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Run the custom session by using the <cmd>Exec=gnome-session --session=new-session</cmd> command.</p>
- </item>
-</steps>
-
-<note style="note style">
- <p>Note that after creating the session desktop file with the user
+ <p>To display more information on sessions options and
+ parameters that an be used with <code>Exec</code>,
+ type <cmd>man gnome-session</cmd> into a terminal.
+ For example, a debugging session can be created on
+ <file>/usr/share/xsessions/debugging.session</file>
+ and called by <code>Exec=gnome-session --debug</code>.</p>
+ <p>Custom session files that include various parameters can
+ be saved in
+ <file>/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/new-session.session</file>
+ and then called using
+ <code>Exec=gnome-session --session=new-session</code>.</p>
+
+ <p>After the creation of the session desktop file with the user
root, the new session will be available on the sessions list of the
GDM log-in screen.</p>
-</note>
-
-
-
-
-<section id="custom-session-classic-mode">
- <title>Classic mode</title>
- <p>"classic mode" as an example of a custom session</p>
-</section>
-
-<section id="custom-session-set-up">
- <title>Set up a custom session</title>
- <p>How to set up a custom session that shows up in the session chooser on the login screen.</p>
-</section>
-<section id="custom-session-change">
- <title>Change the default session</title>
- <p>How to change the default session for new users.</p>
-</section>
- <section id="custom-session-issues">
+ <section id="issues">
<title>Known issues</title>
- <p>On a Debian or Debian-based system, the following error may occur:</p>
+ <p>On a Debian or Debian-based system, if you see the
+ following error:</p>
<screen>Xsession: unable to launch ""
Xsession --- "" not found; falling back to default
session.</screen>
- <p>Should this happen to you, follow these steps to change the
- <file>/etc/X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args</file> file.</p>
+ <p>Make the following changes to
+ <file>/etc/X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args</file>:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Change <code>STARTUP_FULL_PATH=$(/usr/bin/which <input>"$1"</input>|| true)</code>
to <code>STARTUP_FULL_PATH=$(/usr/bin/which <input>$1</input> || true)</code>
</p></item>
- <item><p>Change <code>STARTUP=<input>"$1"</input></code> to <code>STARTUP=<input>$1</input></code>
+ <item><p>Change <code>STARTUP=<input>"$1"</input></code>
+ to <code>STARTUP=<input>$1</input></code>
</p></item>
</steps>
</section>
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