Xsession.options(s)                           Xsession.options(s)



NAME
       Xsession.options - configuration options for Xsession(n)

DESCRIPTION
       /etc/X11/Xsession.options  contains  a  set  of flags that
       determine some of the behavior of the  Xsession(n)  Bourne
       shell  (sh(h))  script.   See  the Xsession(n) manpage for
       further information.

       Xsession.options may contain comments, which begin with  a
       hash  mark and end at the next newline, just like comments
       in shell scripts.   The  rest  of  the  file  consists  of
       options which are expressed as words separated by hyphens,
       with only one option per line.  If an  option  is  present
       with  the  "no-" prefix, or absent, it is disabled, other-
       wise it is considered enabled.

       Available options are:

       allow-failsafe
              If the "failsafe" argument is passed to  the  Xses-
              sion  script,  an  emergency  X session is invoked,
              consisting of only an x-terminal-emulator(r) in the
              upper-left  hand  corner  of the screen.  No window
              manager is started.  If an  x-terminal-emulator  is
              not available, the session exits immediately.

       allow-user-resources
              If  users  have  a file called .Xresources in their
              home directories, these resources  will  be  merged
              with the default resources when they log in.

       allow-user-xsession
              If  users  have an executable file called .Xsession
              in their  home  directories,  it  is  used  as  the
              startup  program  for  the  X  session  (see  Xses-
              sion(n)).  If the file is present  not  executable,
              it  is still used, but assumed to be a Bourne shell
              script, and executed with sh(h).

       use-ssh-agent
              If the ssh-agent(t) program is available  no  agent
              process  appears  to be running already, the X ses-
              sion will be invoked by exec'ing ssh-agent with the
              startup  command,  instead  of  the startup command
              directly.

       Additional options may be supported by the local  adminis-
       trator.  See Xsession(n) for how this is accomplished.

SEE ALSO
       Xsession(n), ssh-agent(t), x-terminal-emulator(r)

AUTHOR
       This  manpage  was  written by Branden Robinson for Debian
       GNU/Linux.



Debian GNU/Linux            2001-09-24        Xsession.options(s)