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Hi,
The following issues arise when I try to start xfce from console:
* I use Network Manager, and whenever I try to connect to a encrypted network(with the password remembered) it tells me "your keyring was not unlocked when you logged in" and I have to type my login password. I only have to do this once per session though. I suppose this issue has something to do with gnome-keyring.
* I cannot mount removable media using xfce's volume manager. When I right click on the media icon on desktop and select "mount" it tells me "you don't have the permission" and fails.
* The keyboard repeat rate is pretty low. I have "kdbrate -r 30" in my /etc/rc.local, and the rate I configured through xfce4-keyboard-settings is 44. The keyboard repeat rate I get when I start xfce from console is significantly lower than 30 - somewhere around 16, and I guess it's a fallback value when the system fails to obtain my settings.
I followed the wiki, and have tried two ways to start xfce from console:
* ck-launch-session startxfce4
* put the above line in ~/.xinitrc and call startx
The same problems whichever way I try. Also I have the "inittab" way to start gdm and log in. When I take this approach, I have none of the issues.
(I'm not native speaker, so please point me out if my words sound strange to you. Thanks!)
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For the keyboard repeat rate, I use in a startup script:
xset r rate 500 25
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Modify the command in ~/.xinitrc to
dbus-launch ck-launch-session startxfce4
and try.
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But I have no problem when I log in through GDM... But when I call startx directly I have to do this and that to grant the permissions... So I wonder what GDM has been doing under the scene? Where can I find out more about this?
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Modify the command in ~/.xinitrc to
dbus-launch ck-launch-session startxfce4
and try.
I'll try this and report whether it works.
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Modify the command in ~/.xinitrc to
dbus-launch ck-launch-session startxfce4
and try.
That doesn't seem to make much difference... Care to explain what dbus-launch is for here? The man page is too vague for my case.
Another question: if I startx, exit the session, and edit .xinitrc, will it take effect the next time I call startx or do I have to reboot (or restart/kill something) for it to take effect? I did reboot to test the dbus-launch though.
Updates for my question: Forget about the keyboard repeat rate(until it shows up again). It's all right now.
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Hey, this one works, thanks! My installation already has the polkit config file, so I only had to add myself to storage group. But I'm still wondering, when I was not a member of storage group, what's the trick that gdm did to grant me access to removable media?
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