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diff --git a/trunk/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/sessions.xml b/trunk/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/sessions.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 2661f4b..0000000 --- a/trunk/gnome2-system-admin-guide/C/sessions.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,94 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="sessions-0"> - <title>Session Management</title> - <highlights> - <para>This chapter introduces session management, and describes -how to set session defaults. The chapter also contains information on sessions -and login scripts.</para> - </highlights> - <sect1 id="sessions-1"> - <title>Introduction to Sessions</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>introduction</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>A session occurs between the time that a user logs in to -the GNOME Desktop and the time that the user logs out. The session manager -starts after the <application>Login Manager</application> authenticates the -user. The session manager enables the user to manage the session. For example, -a user can save the state of a session and return to that session the next -time that the user logs in. </para> - <para>At a minimum, the following applications run in a session:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>The session manager, <command>gnome-session</command>.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>The <application>GConf</application> X settings daemon, <command>gnome-settings-daemon</command>.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>The <application>gnome-panel</application> application, which -runs the panels in the GNOME Desktop.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>The <application>Metacity</application> window manager.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </sect1> - <sect1 id="sessions-3"> - <title>Setting Session Defaults</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>setting defaults</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>The following table lists the files that contain default -session information:</para> - <informaltable frame="topbot"> - <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"> - <colspec colwidth="51.80*"/> - <colspec colwidth="48.20*"/> - <thead> - <row rowsep="1"> - <entry> - <para>File</para> - </entry> - <entry> - <para>Description</para> - </entry> - </row> - </thead> - <tbody> - <row> - <entry valign="top"> - <para> - <filename>/usr/share/gnome/default.session</filename> - </para> - </entry> - <entry valign="top"> - <para>Default session file. -Default session details are stored in this file.</para> - </entry> - </row> - <row> - <entry valign="top"> - <para> - <filename>$HOME/.gnome2/session</filename> - </para> - </entry> - <entry valign="top"> - <para>User session file. When a user modifies the session, -the details are stored in this file.</para> - </entry> - </row> - </tbody> - </tgroup> - </informaltable> -<!--The last row does not appear to be true in Mercury - check.--> - <para>To set default session details for all users, modify the default session -file. </para> - <para>To restore the default session settings for a user, delete the session -file from the home directory of the user. If no user session file is present, -the default settings in <filename>/usr/share/gnome/default.session</filename> -are used. </para> - <para>To save the current session as the default session, users can run the <command>gnome-session-save</command> command. </para> - </sect1> -</chapter> |