https://docs.xfce.org/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:34:13 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://docs.xfce.org/_media/wiki/dokuwiki-128.png https://docs.xfce.org/ https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.10/advanced?rev=1426078516&do=diff Advanced Auto login from console Instead of using a desktop manager, you can also auto login from the console. If you use bash, you can put the following in your ~/.bash_profile: if [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ] ; then startxfce4 fi This will start Xfce if you login from the first console. For properly registering the ConsoleKit session, you probably want to add anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:55:16 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.10/logout?rev=1426078485&do=diff Logout Dialog Power Management xfce4-session supports shutting down your computer when you log out of your desktop session. To be able to shutdown the computer, you have to be listed in the systems sudoers file, in particular, you must be allowed to execute the command ${libdir}/xfce4/session/xfsm-shutdown-helper (/usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper on Debian GNU/Linux) as user root (where ${libdir} is the lib sub directory in the prefix you installed xfce4-session, for example /usr/local/lib/x… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:54:45 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.10/preferences?rev=1426078425&do=diff Preferences General ? Display chooser on login ! If set, the session manager will ask you to choose a session every time you log in to Xfce. ? Automatically save session on logout ! This option instructs the session manager to save the current session automatically when you log out. If you don't select this option you'll be prompted whether you want to save the current session on each logout. ? Prompt on logout ! This option disables the logout confirmation dialog. Whether the session will… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:53:45 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.10/start?rev=1426078395&do=diff Session Manager Introduction Xfce4-session is a session manager for Xfce. Its task is to save the state of your desktop (opened applications and their location) and restore it during a next startup. You can create several different sessions and choose one of them on startup. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:53:15 +0000