xfce4-session(1)            General Commands Manual           xfce4-session(1)

NAME
       xfce4-session - Starts up the Xfce Desktop Environment

SYNOPSIS
       xfce4-session

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the xfce4-session command.

       The xfce4-session program starts up the Xfce Desktop Environment and is
       typically executed by your login manager (e.g. xdm, gdm, kdm, wdm or
       from your X startup scripts). It will load your last session or a
       default session that includes the standard Xfce programs if no saved
       session is available.

       xfce4-session is an standard X11R6 session manager that can manage any
       X11R6 SM compliant program, including GNOME and KDE programs.

       xfce4-session uses the contents of the ~/.cache/sessions/ directory for
       starting previously saved sessions.



OPTIONS
       xfce4-session takes the following command line options:

       --disable-tcp
              Disable binding to TCP ports in the ICE layer. This is not
              possible on every platform. If you use this option on a platform
              that does not support it, xfce4-session will print a warning
              message and ignore the setting.

       --help Print a help screen and exit.

       --version
              Output version information and exit.



ENVIRONMENT
       xfce4-session's behaviour is affected by the following environment
       variables.

       XDG_CONFIG_HOME
              Specifies the root for all user-specific configuration files. If
              this environment variable is unset, it defaults to ~/.config/

       XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
              Set of preference ordered base directories relative to which
              configuration files should be searched in addition to the
              $XDG_CONFIG_HOME base directory. The directories should be
              separated with a colon.

       XDG_CACHE_HOME
              Specifies the root for all user-specific cache data. If this
              environment variable is unset, it defaults to ~/.cache/

       XFSM_VERBOSE
              When defined, this environment variable enables debugging
              messages to be saved to ~/.xfce4-session.verbose-log The log
              file from the last session run with this environment variable
              set is retained at ~/.xfce4-session.verbose-log.last These
              debugging messages are useful for troubleshooting and
              development.


FILES
       xfce4-session reads its configuration from Xfconf.  xfce4-session
       stores its session data into $XDG_CACHE_HOME/sessions/.


AUTHOR
       xfce4-session was written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org> as part
       of the Xfce project.  This manual page was written by Oliver M. Bolzer
       <oliver@debian.org> and Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>.


REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/.


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2003-2014 Benedikt Meurer.

                              September 28, 2014              xfce4-session(1)