Re: [gdm-list] user startup script

["Joshua Swink" <yathster gmail com>]

> > How can I cause a user startup script to be run when using gdm? The
> > reason I want to do this is to turn off X's beeping with "xset b off".
> >
> > It is possible to set this up in the individual window manager/session
> > manager that gdm runs, but then of course if you switch to a different
> > window manager, you have to set that one up as well, which is a pain.
> > Or you could choose the session "Run Xclient script", and edit
> > ~/.xsession to change your window manager, but again that is less than
> > convenient.
> >
> > I've found the above kludgy solutions, but have so far been unable to
> > determine whether gdm supports the simple solution: a user script that
> > gdm will run, whatever session you've chosen.
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On 8/4/07, Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron sun com> wrote:
> Joshua:
>
> I suspect that the GDM Init or PreSession script is what you want to
> use.  Refer to the GDM docs in the Configuration section:
>
>    http://www.gnome.org/projects/gdm/docs.html
>
> The Init script will run once when GDM first starts up and the PreSession
> script runs just before your session starts.
>
> Brian
>

It looks like only root can modify scripts in the PreSession
directory, but I don't have root on this system. Does GDM support a
user script like this that I can set up without root access?

Josh