xfce4-session(1) General Commands Manual xfce4-session(1)
NAME
xfce4-session - Starts up the Xfce Desktop Environment
SYNOPSIS
xfce4-session
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the xfce4-session command.
The xfce4-session program starts up the Xfce Desktop Environment and is
typically executed by your login manager (e.g. xdm, gdm, kdm, wdm or
from your X startup scripts). It will load your last session or a de-
fault session that includes the standard Xfce programs if no saved ses-
sion is available.
xfce4-session is an standard X11R6 session manager that can manage any
X11R6 SM compliant program, including GNOME and KDE programs.
xfce4-session uses the contents of the ~/.cache/sessions/ directory for
starting previously saved sessions.
OPTIONS
xfce4-session takes the following command line options:
--disable-tcp
Disable binding to TCP ports in the ICE layer. This is not pos-
sible on every platform. If you use this option on a platform
that does not support it, xfce4-session will print a warning
message and ignore the setting.
--help Print a help screen and exit.
--version
Output version information and exit.
ENVIRONMENT
xfce4-session's behaviour is affected by the following environment
variables.
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
Specifies the root for all user-specific configuration files. If
this environment variable is unset, it defaults to ~/.config/
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
Set of preference ordered base directories relative to which
configuration files should be searched in addition to the
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME base directory. The directories should be sepa-
rated with a colon.
XDG_CACHE_HOME
Specifies the root for all user-specific cache data. If this en-
vironment variable is unset, it defaults to ~/.cache/
XFSM_VERBOSE
When defined, this environment variable enables debugging mes-
sages to be saved to ~/.xfce4-session.verbose-log The log file
from the last session run with this environment variable set is
retained at ~/.xfce4-session.verbose-log.last These debugging
messages are useful for troubleshooting and development.
FILES
xfce4-session reads its configuration from Xfconf. xfce4-session
stores its session data into $XDG_CACHE_HOME/sessions/.
AUTHOR
xfce4-session was written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org> as part
of the Xfce project. This manual page was written by Oliver M. Bolzer
<oliver@debian.org> and Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to http://bugzilla.xfce.org/.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2003-2014 Benedikt Meurer.
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