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Bug#: 109009
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Assigned To: Desktop WM Team <desktop-wm@gentoo.org>
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Reporter: Daniel Gryniewicz <dang@gentoo.org>
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fvwm.desktop .desktop file application/octet-stream Daniel Gryniewicz 2005-10-12 07:55 0000 5.50 KB Details
fvwm-desktop.patch patch to ebuild to install .desktop file patch Daniel Gryniewicz 2005-10-12 07:56 0000 644 bytes Details | Diff
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Description:   Opened: 2005-10-12 07:54 0000 
Modern DMs (such as gdm and kdm) use .desktop files to decide which sessions
are
available.  FVWM doesn't install a .desktop file into either of the standard
locations, so it doesn't show up as an option on gdm (kdm installs it's own) 
Here is a .desktop file (from kdm) and a patch to fvwm-2.5.14-r1.ebuild to
install the .desktop file.  With this, I can select fvwm from the list of
sessions.

------- Comment #1 From Daniel Gryniewicz 2005-10-12 07:55:42 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=70453) [edit]
.desktop file

.desktop file to start fvwm

------- Comment #2 From Daniel Gryniewicz 2005-10-12 07:56:12 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=70454) [edit]
patch to ebuild to install .desktop file

------- Comment #3 From Renato Caldas 2007-01-15 23:39:00 0000 ------- 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Modern DMs (such as gdm and kdm) use .desktop files to decide which sessions
> are
> available.

That depends on what you call "modern" :) To me qingy is really modern. 

fvwm-2.6.19 does install a session file in /etc/X11/Sessions. If those DM's
don't support this, IMHO its their bug :)

Anyway, this bug is old. Just "Fix" it or "Wontfix".. Tavis?

------- Comment #4 From Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED) 2007-01-20 19:23:00 0000 ------- 
Where is that file from Daniel? Under what license is it distributed?

(i'm guessing you didnt do all those translations yourself?)

------- Comment #5 From Daniel Gryniewicz 2007-01-21 03:44:50 0000 ------- 
I honestly don't remember where I found that file, or what license it was
under.    I suspect I just googled.  If you'd prefer, eutils.eclass has a
function make_desktop_entry to make a desktop entry.

------- Comment #6 From Pacho Ramos 2007-09-21 09:20:48 0000 ------- 
Will this be fixed someday?

Remember that maybe you could use "make_session_desktop" from eutils.eclass...

Thanks a lot

------- Comment #7 From Santiago M. Mola 2007-09-22 13:50:44 0000 ------- 
This is not only about FVWM. If we consider this is a bug, then we have to
ensure every WM has a .desktop entry (and /etc/X11/Sessions if it haven't
already?).

@desktop-wm people: what do you think about?

------- Comment #8 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-12-26 11:30:37 0000 ------- 
(In reply to comment #3)
> fvwm-2.6.19 does install a session file in /etc/X11/Sessions. If those DM's
> don't support this, IMHO its their bug :)

This stuff belongs to /etc/X11/dm/Sessions/

------- Comment #9 From David Shakaryan 2008-01-06 09:22:45 0000 ------- 
Closing this WONTFIX. Santiago is right here that this is not necessarily a
bug. The package already does install a session file to /etc/X11/Sessions/,
which, in my opinion, is sufficient. However, if anybody strongly believes that
a .desktop file should be installed to /usr/share/xsessions/, please reopen
this bug and I will fix it.

------- Comment #10 From Pacho Ramos 2008-01-06 13:01:23 0000 ------- 
If it isn't to hard to fix, I would prefer get this enhancement in fvwm as some
users still use fvwm-2 sometimes and getting an entry in gdm/kdm would be nice

Thanks a lot :-)

------- Comment #11 From David Shakaryan 2008-01-07 03:49:37 0000 ------- 
Fixed, enjoy. :P

------- Comment #12 From Pacho Ramos 2008-01-07 14:46:03 0000 ------- 
Thanks a lot :-)
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