On Feb 5, 2008 1:38 PM, Jon Garate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon Garate(e)k dio: > > > Landry Breuil(e)k dio: > >> On Feb 5, 2008 9:49 AM, Jon Garate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello people @ misc, > >>> I've successfully built both the -stable base system and the X system > >>> (xenocara) and I'm trying to setup GDM properly to combine with XFCE4. > >>> Right now, XFCE4 works after issuing startx command (I've configure > >>> .xinitrc properly apparently). > >>> > >> > >> with /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 i suppose ? > >> > >> > >>> I've done some research in the net and everywhere I could but I don't > >>> seem to get it working through GDM login. Can anybody shed some > >>> light in > >>> setting up .xinitrc/.xsession or whatever files I need to get it > >>> running > >>> properly? > >>> > >> > >> See http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#starting_xfce, section 'Setting up GDM' > >> > >> Landry > >> > >> > >> > > Thanks, I already knew the startxfce4 method., which manually works. > > I've also taken a look at xfce's wiki site and tried setting > > Xfce.desktop in the folders mentioned, which didn't work. > > I also tried including Xfce.desktop in /usr/local/share/xsessions/ > > (which is where gnome.desktop is located) and configured it with the > > same permissions as gnome.desktop, still no success. I also tried > > setting "exec startxfce4" in both .xinitrc and .xsession files with > > proper permissions, guess what, no success. GDM keeps trying > > gnome(fail), then gnome failsafe(fail) and then xterm failsafe. > > Looks like some permissions of some file aren't correct but I just > > can't figure out. I include my Xfce.desktop file in here, just if it > > helps: > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > Encoding=UTF-8 > > Name=Xfce 4.4 Session > > Comment=Xfce 4.4 Session > > Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxfce4 > > Type=Application > > > > Jon > > > > > Ok, I just found the solution. As stated in this archive post: > http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2007-11/0662.html > > If you install gdm from the package system, by default makes the file > "Xsession" in /etc/X11/gdm non executable. After changing execute > permissions (chmod +x) all the standart procedures (setting up .desktop > files, etc...) worked just fine. Just wondering if the package system > guys can change this up? :-)
It is already fixed in -current. I've also just added an xfce4.desktop file to xfce4-session package, now it's provided by default. Landry
