Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:02:45 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 191296] x11/xdm fails to start xfce4 Message-ID: <bug-191296-7141-rumA5gHq1i@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-191296-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-191296-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D191296 Jean-Sebastien Pedron <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dumbbell@FreeBSD.org Assignee|x11@FreeBSD.org |xfce@FreeBSD.org --- Comment #3 from Jean-Sebastien Pedron <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org> --- The following comments were lost with the 2015-01-07 Bugzilla incident: Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron: > What is the status of this? Is the solution proposed by Mikhail working f= or > everybody? Olivier Duchateau: > In work in progress Xfce's FAQ [1], [2], there's solution (workaround, qu= estion > #2) if someone wants to use Xdm with Xfce. > I won't patch xinitrc, because it breaks session and other applications > targeted 4.11. Xfce works fine with polkit, (even sysutils/polkit is not = good > shape). Patch pointed by Mikhail is xinitrc used with Xfce <=3D 4.8, and = it's not > approved by upstream. > > [1] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1305 > [2] > https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/xfce4/doc/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs= /xfce/ Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron: > Should this bug assigned to the Xfce team then? So you can close it when = D1305 > is committed. Mikhail T.: >> I won't patch xinitrc, because it breaks session and other applications >> targeted 4.11. > > I'm sorry, I can not understand the above. Are you talking about the > etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc? > > Maybe, the same hack can be placed into the startxfce4 script itself? > >> not approved by upstream. > > Well, it is not rejected by upstream either :-) Olivier Duchateau: > Yes, I'm talking about /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc file. Xdm needs t= his > file. > > I disagree to modify startxfce4 script. The best solution is to modify > $HOME/.xinitrc only. > > In the FAQ, there's part how to launch Xfce, and even with SLiM and non U= TF-8 > encoding .xinitrc must be changed. Olivier Duchateau: > Re-assign to the Xfce team --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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