Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:18:07 -0500 From: Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome-session 2.4 no longer runs $HOME/.gnomerc Message-ID: <20030923121807.5731912a.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <1064336774.743.27.camel@gyros> References: <3F7077F3.5080502@mail.flyingcroc.net> <3F707BCE.6010205@mail.flyingcroc.net> <1064336774.743.27.camel@gyros>
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:06:14 -0400 Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 12:58, Joe Kelsey wrote: > > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 12:42, Joe Kelsey wrote: > > >>Did something change in Gnome 2.4 to affect this? > > > > > > > > > Yes, a lot changed in GNOME 2.4. The new script is ~/.xsession. > > > > .xsession doesn't work the same way. gdm/Xsession checks for the > > existence of .xsession an uses that *instead of* the default "ssh-agent > > -- gnome-session". .gnomerc used to get executed *after* launching > > gnome-session so that I could run ssh-add. > > No it didn't. I always used .gnomerc, and it was always executed by > GDM. Attached is the old code to prove it. Also, if you grep through > the gnome-session-2.2.2 code, you will see no mention of .gnomerc. > > > Now, the same ability does > > not exist, so I have to completely recreate the overall structure by > > first starting ssh-agent in the background in .xsession, then run > > ssh-add, then exec gnome-session. This completely severs the ability to > > automatically kill ssh-agent at logout, and I hve to come up with an > > alternative, such as leaving a remnant shell to do the clean-up. > > > > What a horrible mess! > > Also attached is my old .gnomerc which calls gnome-session at the end. > You can certainly add your own commands to this. Just make sure the > last command is exec gnome-session. Could I get futher clarification on this please :) Does Gnome 2.4 use ~/.gnomerc as it does in Gnome 2.2 ? Regards, Stephen Hilton nospam@hiltonbsd.com
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