[Pkg-xfce-commits] r5925 - desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian

Yves-Alexis Perez corsac at alioth.debian.org
Tue Aug 9 12:00:11 UTC 2011


Author: corsac
Date: 2011-08-09 12:00:11 +0000 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)
New Revision: 5925

Modified:
   desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian/README.Debian
   desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian/changelog
Log:
* debian/README.Debian updated
  - mention LightDM.
  - fix path for xfsm-shutdown-helper.                        closes: #637197

Modified: desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian/README.Debian
===================================================================
--- desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian/README.Debian	2011-08-09 11:51:04 UTC (rev 5924)
+++ desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian/README.Debian	2011-08-09 12:00:11 UTC (rev 5925)
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Running Xfce
 ------------
 
-If use you a login manager like GDM, you may have two ways to start Xfce :
+If use you a login manager like GDM or LightDM, you may have two ways to start
+Xfce :
 
 - “Xfce Session” will run a complete xfce session, using Xfce-provided
   scripts (/usr/bin/startxfce4 which will then run /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
@@ -9,10 +10,8 @@
 - “Default session” will run whatever is the default session manager on
   your system. This is the /usr/bin/x-session-manager alternatives, meaning
   you can tune it with update-alternatives (8). If you only have Xfce
-  installed on your system, it will default to xfce4-session, meaning
-  you'll be able to have an Xfce running chosing that option, but it'll be a
-  minimal one because all the preparation made in /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc
-  before running xfce4-session won't be done.
+  installed on your system, it will default to startxfce4, which will run the
+  complete Xfce desktop environment.
 
 If you don't use a login manager but start Xfce from console, you need to
 take care of few stuff:
@@ -22,18 +21,17 @@
 
 This is because Debian now uses PolicyKit/ConsoleKit to manage policies for
 things like device and power management. If you run Xfce from a compatible
-display manager (gdm and kdm), they'll talk to consolekit so your X session
-will have the authentication tokens, but if you use startx, it won't.
+display manager (like gdm or lightdm), they'll talk to consolekit so your X
+session will have the authentication tokens, but if you use startx, it won't.
 There's a script shipped by default with ConsoleKit which will do that, in
-/etc/X11/Xsession.d/90consolekit, but the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ scripts are
-only executed if you don't use any .xinitrc. See startx (1) for more
-information.
+/etc/X11/Xsession.d/90consolekit, but the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ scripts are only
+executed if you don't use any .xinitrc. See startx (1) for more information.
 
 Managing shutdown
 -----------------
 
 There are two ways to enable user to shutdown the computer from Xfce:
 
- - use sudo, and allow user to run /usr/sbin/xfsm-shutdown-helper in sudoers
- - use policykit and a compatible login manager (gdm is known to work,
-   startx too if you use the tips above)
+ - use sudo, and allow user to run /usr/lib/xfce4/session/xfsm-shutdown-helper
+ - use policykit and a compatible login manager (lightdm and gdm are known to
+   work, startx too if you use the tips above)

Modified: desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian/changelog	2011-08-09 11:51:04 UTC (rev 5924)
+++ desktop/trunk/xfce4-session/debian/changelog	2011-08-09 12:00:11 UTC (rev 5925)
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+xfce4-session (4.8.1-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/README.Debian updated
+    - mention LightDM.
+    - fix path for xfsm-shutdown-helper.                        closes: #637197
+
+ -- Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org>  Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:59:29 +0200
+
 xfce4-session (4.8.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches:




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