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haVok1701

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Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 14

question about slim

Slim is working, ie logging in and out work just fine, but upon logging out the message "failed to load defaut session" shows up.
it still logs out into slim, but is there away to get rid the the message?

slim.conf latest version

# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path        /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp vt07

# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd          /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd         /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd        /usr/sbin/suspend

# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path         /usr/bin/xauth 

# Xauth file for server
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth


# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
# numlock             on

# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
# hidecursor          false

# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
#
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd           exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session

# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
#
# sessionstart_cmd	some command
# sessionstop_cmd	some command

# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon	yes

# Set directory that contains the xsessions.
# slim reads xsesion from this directory, and be able to select.
#sessiondir            /usr/share/xsessions/

# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd      import -window root /slim.png

# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg         Welcome to %host

# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg         Session: 

# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg       The system is halting...
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user        simone

# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password      no

# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#auto_login          no


# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to 
# randomly choose from
current_theme       default

# Lock file
lockfile            /var/lock/slim.lock

# Log file
logfile             /var/log/slim.log

Last edited by haVok1701 (2014-03-28 22:13:34)

cris9288

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Registered: 2013-01-07

Posts: 348

Re: question about slim

I would post your slim.conf file. Are you running the latest version?

rockin turtle

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From: Montana, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 227

Re: question about slim

You have to uncomment the following line

sessiondir            /usr/share/xsessions/

in your slim.conf.

Then you need at least one *.desktop file in that directory for the session you desire. I run vanilla openbox on my system, so I have the file 'openbox.desktop' in that directory with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Openbox
Comment=Log in using the Openbox window manager (without a session manager)
Exec=/usr/bin/openbox-session
TryExec=/usr/bin/openbox-session
Icon=openbox
Type=Application

If you have more than one type of session you need a *.desktop file for each type. Then, before you log in, you use function key F1 to select which session you desire.

Unfortunately, there seems to be no good way to change the order in which slim presents the available sessions.  Previous versions of slim accepted the 'sessions' parameter in slim.conf and would cycle through each session in the order listed, but that useful functionality was removed for unknown reasons.