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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu vnc xstartup File Post 302960360 by silencer230 on Saturday 14th of November 2015 09:20:21 AM
Old 11-14-2015
vnc xstartup File
Hello everyone I'm new to linux scripting, but I do have experience with Java programming and batch file scripting in Windows. I'm trying to setup the xstartup file for a machine that I have on my network that is running Lubuntu. On Ubuntu's VNC HowTo page they have a script that will configure a VNC session for Gnome and KDE, but they don't have one for Lubuntu's LXDE desktop envirment. I would write the script myself, but I don't understand what this script is doing.

# Try a GNOME session, or fall back to KDE
if [ "GNOME" = "$MODE" ]
then
if which gnome-session >/dev/null
then
gnome-session --session=ubuntu-2d &
else
MODE="KDE"
fi
fi

I have three questions?

1. Is the gnome-session a file or a service?

2. What is this script doing when it's telling the gnome session to empty itself into the null device?

3. What does the "&" symbol mean in Linux scripting?
Last edited by silencer230; 11-14-2015 at 10:25 AM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT X11R4

gnome-session-save

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

NAME

       gnome-session-save - saves or terminates the current GNOME session

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-session-save [--kill] [--gui] [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       gnome-session-save can be used from a GNOME session to save a snapshot of the currently running applications. This session will be restored
       at your next GNOME startup session.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --gui	       Shows a dialog when the session is saved, and reports errors in dialog boxes instead of printing to stderr.

       --kill	       Terminates the GNOME session.

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

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Saving the user's current session

       example% gnome-session-save

       Example 2: Terminating the user's current session

       example% gnome-session-save --kill

       Example 3: Using the GUI to terminate the user's current session

       example% gnome-session-save --kill --gui

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-sThe command-line executable for the application.

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(1)

NOTES

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

SunOS 5.10							    13 Jan 2003 					     gnome-session-save(1)
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