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-====== xfce4-session Advanced ======+====== xfce4-session - Advanced Topics ====== 
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 +  * **[[#Auto login from console|Auto login from console]]** 
 +  * **[[#SSH and GPG Agents|SSH and GPG Agents]]** 
 +  * **[[#ConsoleKit|ConsoleKit]]** 
 +  * **[[#Files and Environment Variables|Files and Environment Variables]]** 
 +  * **[[#Kiosk Mode|Kiosk Mode]]** 
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 ===== Auto login from console ===== ===== Auto login from console =====
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 This will start Xfce if you login from the first console. For properly registering the ConsoleKit session, you probably want to add ''<nowiki>--with-ck-launch</nowiki>'' with ''startxfce4'' (new since Xfce 4.10). Read the section below for more information. This will start Xfce if you login from the first console. For properly registering the ConsoleKit session, you probably want to add ''<nowiki>--with-ck-launch</nowiki>'' with ''startxfce4'' (new since Xfce 4.10). Read the section below for more information.
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 ===== SSH and GPG Agents ===== ===== SSH and GPG Agents =====
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 In case you want to use gnome-keyring enable the {gui>Launch GNOME services on startup} in the {gui>Advanced} tab of the settings dialog. If you do this xfce4-session will not attempt to start the gpg- or ssh-agent.  In case you want to use gnome-keyring enable the {gui>Launch GNOME services on startup} in the {gui>Advanced} tab of the settings dialog. If you do this xfce4-session will not attempt to start the gpg- or ssh-agent. 
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 ===== ConsoleKit ===== ===== ConsoleKit =====
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   - In 4.10, start Xfce with ''startxfce4 <nowiki>--with-ck-launch</nowiki>''. This will start xfce4-session with //ck-launch-session//. In 4.10, Xfce4-sesion will take care of the dbus-session launch.   - In 4.10, start Xfce with ''startxfce4 <nowiki>--with-ck-launch</nowiki>''. This will start xfce4-session with //ck-launch-session//. In 4.10, Xfce4-sesion will take care of the dbus-session launch.
   - When Xfce is started and you run ''ck-list-sessions'', a second session is created that should give you all required permissions to mount devices and execute power actions (depending per-distribution, you might need to add yourself to various user groups).   - When Xfce is started and you run ''ck-list-sessions'', a second session is created that should give you all required permissions to mount devices and execute power actions (depending per-distribution, you might need to add yourself to various user groups).
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 ===== Files and Environment Variables ===== ===== Files and Environment Variables =====
  
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 ! This is the location where the list of applications that should be automatically run on login is stored. Each autostarted application is represented by a .desktop file (see the Desktop Entry Specification for details). ! This is the location where the list of applications that should be automatically run on login is stored. Each autostarted application is represented by a .desktop file (see the Desktop Entry Specification for details).
 ! Prior to Xfce 4.3, the list of autostarted applications was stored in ''~/Desktop/Autostart'', which contained scripts and symbolic links to applications. If you run xfce4-session 4.4 or above for the first time, it will automatically migrate the autostart items from the old location to the standard location and place a LOCATION-CHANGED.txt file in the old directory, that describes the location change. ! Prior to Xfce 4.3, the list of autostarted applications was stored in ''~/Desktop/Autostart'', which contained scripts and symbolic links to applications. If you run xfce4-session 4.4 or above for the first time, it will automatically migrate the autostart items from the old location to the standard location and place a LOCATION-CHANGED.txt file in the old directory, that describes the location change.
-? ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc 
-! This is the location of the configuration file that includes the various settings for xfce4-session, which can be changed from the settings dialog. 
-? ${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}/xfce4-session/xfce4-splash.rc 
-! This is the location of the configuration file that includes the configuration for the splash screen, which can be changed from the settings dialog. 
 ? ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/sessions/ ? ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/sessions/
 ! The directory where xfce4-session and xfwm4 store the session data to. ! The directory where xfce4-session and xfwm4 store the session data to.
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-! Kiosk mode configuration file. See next section for an explanation.+[[|Back to Top]] 
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 ===== Kiosk Mode ===== ===== Kiosk Mode =====
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