https://docs.xfce.org/ Tue, 12 May 2026 15:52:21 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://docs.xfce.org/_media/wiki/dokuwiki-128.png https://docs.xfce.org/ https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.12/advanced?rev=1563833539&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) Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:12:19 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.12/faq?rev=1563833485&do=diff ---------- Frequently asked questions ---------- Some of my applications are always started when I login There are two possible reasons why the application is started: It is saved in the last session or it is listed in the auto started applications. Follow 1 of the two steps below to get rid of the applications. anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:11:25 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.12/knownproblems?rev=1563833561&do=diff Known problems when installing xfce4-session 4.13 from source: Installing xfce4-session from source possibly may conflict with the distribution package installation of xfce4-session 4.12, leading to a crash during startup. When starting the self build xfce4-session from console, the following error is given: Gtk-Error **: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same process is not supported anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:12:41 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.12/logout?rev=1563867320&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) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:35:20 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.12/preferences?rev=1563867290&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) Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:34:50 +0000 https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/4.12/start?rev=1563833407&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) Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:10:07 +0000