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Example xsession executable in user directory:

cat ~/.xsession

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $



userresources=$HOME/.Xresources

usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap

sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources

sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap



# merge in defaults and keymaps



if [ -f $sysresources ]; then

    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi



if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then

    xmodmap $sysmodmap

fi



if [ -f $userresources ]; then

    xrdb -merge $userresources

fi



if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then

    xmodmap $usermodmap

fi



# Start DBUS session bus:

if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ]; then

  eval $(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session)

fi



# Start the window manager:

if [ -z "$DESKTOP_SESSION" -a -x /usr/bin/ck-launch-session ]; then

  exec ck-launch-session /usr/bin/startxfwm4

else

  exec /usr/bin/startxfwm4

fi

Example custom start script:

cat /usr/bin/startxfwm4

Code:

#!/bin/sh



if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ]; then

  eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`

fi



/usr/bin/Thunar --daemon &

/usr/bin/xfwm4 &

/usr/bin/xfdesktop &

/usr/bin/xfce4-panel

Maybe it helps, or not. There's multiple ways to achieve the same result.

as far as running xfce4-panel in another WM

Code:

#xfce4-panel --disable-wm-check &

that relieves it of errors. Though it still throws one error/warning I forget what it is but from what I've read it is common place and for even me it had not interfered with its operation when running it in Fluxbox.

Code:

userx@slackwhere~⚡️$xfce4-panel

xfce4-panel: Failed to connect to session manager: Failed to connect to the session manager: SESSION_MANAGER environment variable not defined

xfce4-panel: No window manager registered on screen 0. To start the panel without this check, run with --disable-wm-check.

It's safe to add "--sm-client-disable" if you don't use session manager.
It will silence the log messages.