GNOME Session-2.2.2

Introduction to GNOME Session

The GNOME Session package contains the GNOME session manager.

Installation of GNOME Session

Install GNOME Session by running the following commands:

export PATH=$PATH:$GNOME_PREFIX/sbin:/sbin &&
./configure --prefix=$GNOME_PREFIX --localstatedir=/var/lib \
--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome  &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--localstatedir=/var/lib: This switch puts ScrollKeeper files in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome: This switch puts configuration files in /etc/gnome instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc.

Contents

The GNOME Session package contains gnome-session, session utilities and manager proxy.

Description

gnome-session

gnome-session starts up the GNOME desktop.

session utilities

session utilities includes a configuration program and other session management related utilities.

manager proxy

manager proxy handles basic session management for applications that do not support XSM.