Xfce 4 Session Manager

Benedikt Meurer

Software developer
os-cillation
System development


This manual describes the xfce4-session package, version 4.8.3.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. The complete license text is available from the Free Software Foundation.

July 2005


Table of Contents

Introduction
Session Manager settings
General preferences
Advanced preferences
Customizing the Session Manager
Splash screen settings
Shutdown/reboot options
Advanced
Files and Environment Variables
Kiosk Mode
About xfce4-session

Introduction

xfce4-session is a session manager for Xfce 4. Its task is to save the state of your desktop (opened applications and their location) and restore it during a next startup. You can create several different sessions and choose one of them on startup.

xfce4-session provides session management for both X11R6 and legacy X11R5 protocols. If you don't need legacy session management support, you can disable it at compile time, giving --disable-legacy-sm to ./configure. Do