How Do I Add ROX To Slim Log In Manager?

Mark7 · 03-25-2008, 07:47 AM

Or any window manager for that matter.

I tried editing the conf file, but that doesn't work.

indienick · 03-25-2008, 09:53 AM

All you need to do is create a .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions with all of the pertinent information.

The easiest way to do this, is to copy an existing one, and change the info inside. Here's an example of what I did for creating an Enlightenment DR17 one:

Code:

$ cd /usr/share/xsessions
$ sudo cp ion2.desktop e17.desktop
$ sudo nano e17.desktop
 ---------------------------------------------------------------
| [Desktop Entry]                                               |
| Name=Enlightenment DR17                                       |
| Comment=Development version of the next Enlightenment release |
| Exec=/opt/bin/enlightenment_start                             |
| Type=Application                                              |
 ---------------------------------------------------------------

Mark7 · 03-25-2008, 10:15 AM

I looked in xsessions and there's already a desktop entry for ROX there.

Quote:

[Desktop Entry]

Encoding=UTF-8
Name=ROX
Comment=This session logs you into the ROX desktop
Exec=/usr/local/sbin/rox-session
Type=Application

Slim doesn't see it, though.

indienick · 03-25-2008, 08:59 PM

Have you tried reading the documentation, or even the manpage for SLiM?

Mark7 · 03-26-2008, 08:42 AM

Yes. It didn't help

indienick · 03-26-2008, 08:51 AM

I don't know...I'm starting to run out of ideas, here.

Are you making sure to restart the X server everytime you make a change? Ctrl + Alt + Backspace?

Mark7 · 03-26-2008, 09:20 AM

Yeah.

You know. I'm beginning to wonder if it's because ROX is a desktop environment and not a WM.

indienick · 03-26-2008, 09:19 PM

Maybe - usually though, the login manager would still just call one script to launch each of the components in the proper order: like gnome-session, startkde, etc.