Hi Andrei! On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Andrei Badea wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 14.9.2004 13:22 B. L. Jilek wrote:
>
> >Hi Andrei!
> >
> >On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Andrei Badea wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hello Debian fellows,
> >>
> >>I'm using GDM to login into my Gnome session. What is the proper way to
> >>set some environment variables after I authenticate through GDM, but
> >>before gnome-session runs? I need this environment during my Gnome
> >>session, because it contains the locale.
> >
> >The file you should use is ".xsession" in your home directory. When
> >logging in with GDM choose the "Default System" option. It will read
> >from this file. The last line in it should be "exec gnome-session" to
> >start Gnome or "exec kde" to start kde. This file is what you can use
> >to start the window manager of choice without a Display manager such
> >as GDM. It will be read by the startx command.
>
> Thank you for your answer! Nice and simple, and I'll probably stick to
> it, as it is enough for my needs.
>
> However, what I like about GDM is that during login I can choose the
> window manager with a menu. In this case, GDM ignores the ~/.xsession
> file, so I don't have a chance to setup my environment. So the question
> (though a little bit academic) is if/how I can setup my environment when
> using GDM (if possible, without having to set each window manager
> separately).
I don't know. Never looked into that. I just change what WM I want
to use in my .xsession and login again with GDM and the "Default
System Config", or something like that.
I have this in my .xsession.
# exec wmaker
exec gnome-session
# exec kde3
I just uncomment the one I want to use.
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