Re: [gdm-list] Advice on starting apps post "post-session"

[Ray Strode <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Patrick Shirkey
<pshirkey boosthardware com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have fixed my gconf settings to enable the various AT apps like orca,
> gok, dasher etc at startup. However I have run into a problem with getting
> them to start the first time the settings are determined.
Yea, you're probably hitting a limitation in the way the a11y system
works.  The first time you toggle on a11y you have to restart your
session for it to take effect.

> The settings are configured and written to the various files but the first
> time the desktop is loaded nothing is starting up. It takes a restart to
> get things to run.
>
> One way to overcome this is to fork/exec the apps in the wizard before it
> is terminated but I am wondering if there is a more elegant solution for
> telling gdm to reload the autostart settings without having to restart
> completely.

The stock Xsession file (/etc/gdm/Xsession) runs all the shell scripts
in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/ before executing the users session.

Most distros replace that Xsession file with their own distro specific
one so the exact directory changes from distro to distro, but once you
figure out which directory to use you should be able to run your
wizard before the session is started.  Then the wizard will run as the
user and it will run before the session is started so the session
shouldn't require a restart.

--Ray