Gdm session files

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:20:57 -0500, Hanspeter Roth <hampi at rootshell.be>  
wrote:

>   On Aug 28 at 16:14, Joe Marcus Clarke spoke:
>
>> On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 22:09 +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote:
>> >   On Aug 28 at 14:49, Joe Marcus Clarke spoke:
>> >
>> > > Your TryExec line is probably wrong.  Note: you should not create
>> > > a .xinitrc entry for any display manager.
>> >
>> > Why not?
>>
>> Because .xinitc and a display manager do the same thing in different
>> ways.  In any event, what you're doing below is not possible.
>
> Hm. The display manager is active before and while loggin in.
> .xinitrc is active mainly just after loggin in.
> So what is the thing they both do?
>
> [...]
>> TryExec means, test to see if this file is executable.  If it is, then
>> this is a valid desktop entry.  If not, then it's foo.  $HOME is not set
>
> I have no tried TryExec=true. And since true is executable the Name
> Xinitrc is now displayed. This approach is probably not intended by
> the creator. But it works for me.
>
> [...]
>> > Are these fields documented somewhere?
>>
>> Yes, in the GDM online help.
>
> While the greeter is active there is no help available. So I guess
> it should be the help available in gdmsetup. This seems to be the
> same as /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/help/gdm/C/gdm.xml.
> But this file doesn't contain any string 'TryExec'.

'TryExec' belongs to fd.org standard, check here:  
http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/desktop-entry-spec (Click under  
'Spec' link)

Cheers,
Mezz

> -Hanspeter


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