gnome-session(1)                                                   User Commands                                                  gnome-session(1)

NAME

       gnome-session - starts up the GNOME desktop environment

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-session  [--choosesession] [--failsafe] [--purge-delay=delay] [--warn-delay=delay] [--suicide-delay=delay] [session-name] [gnome-std-
       options]

DESCRIPTION

       The gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment.  This command is  typically  executed  by  your  login  manager  (either
       gdm, xdm,  or from your X startup scripts).  It will either load your last session, or provide a default session for the user as defined by
       the system administrator (or the default GNOME installation on your system).  You  can  optionally  specify  a  specific  session  name  to
       restore.

       gnome-session  is  an  X11R6  session manager. It can manage GNOME applications as well as any X11R6 SM compliant sessions. If the user has
       previously saved a  session,  the  session  is  loaded  from  the  ~.gnome2/session  file.  Otherwise,  the  session  is  loaded  from  the
       /usr/share/gnome/default.session file. Any programs specified in the ~/.gnome2/session/.session-manual will also be started.

       gnome-session also exports an X Atom called GNOME_SM_DESKTOP on the root window, to indicate that gnome-session has started.  Some applica-
       tions may require such information to proceed correctly.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --choosesession User can specify a session to load, as opposed to  the session specified in  the  ~/.gnome/session-options  file.  If  that
                       entry does not exist in the ~/.gnome/session file (or if that file does not exist), gnome-session will use the default ses-
                       sion, and all saves to that session will be to the new session name.

       --failsafe      Fail-safe operations mode: gnome-session only reads saved sessions from the default.session file.

       --purge-delay=deThe number of milliseconds that gnome-session will wait for clients to register. If delay is  0,  gnome-session  will  wait
                       forever. The default value is 30,000 milliseconds.

       --suicide-delay=Theanumber of milliseconds that gnome-session will wait for clients to die. If delay is 0, gnome-session will wait forever.
                       The default value is 10,000 milliseconds.

       --warn-delay=delThe number of milliseconds that gnome-session will wait for clients to respond. If delay is 0, gnome-session will wait for-
                       ever. The default value is 10,000 milliseconds.

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       session-name    The name of the session to be loaded.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Starting a session named "MySession"

       example% gnome-session --choose-session=MySession

       Example 2: Starting the system default session, ignoring the user's session

       example% gnome-session --failsafe

       Example 3: Setting the purge delay to 50000ms

       example% gnome-session --purge-delay=50000

       Example 4: Setting the suicide delay to 50000ms

       example% gnome-session --suicide-delay=50000

       Example 5: Setting the warning delay to 50000ms

       example% gnome-session --warn-delay=50000

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       gnome-session  accepts  all  of the standard environment variables used by GNOME programs, as well as the SESSION_MANAGER environment vari-
       able. gnome-session also sets several environment variables for the use of its child processes.

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables:

       SESSION_MANAGER         Used by session-manager-aware clients to contact gnome-session.

       DISPLAY                 Set to the X display being used by gnome-session.  Note that the --display option, if specified, overrides the set-
                               ting of the DISPLAY environment variable.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0        Application exited successfully

       >0       Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-session  The command-line executable for the application.

       /usr/share/gnome/defaultDefaultnsystem session file.

       ~/.gnome2/session       User session file.

       ~/.gnome2/session/.sessiSpecifies programs to start that do not support session management.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWgnome-session            |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability          |External                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnome-std-options(5), default.session(5), gnome-smproxy(1), gnome-session-save(1)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10                                                          13 Jan 2003                                                   gnome-session(1)