[K12OSN] howto edit GDM menu

Eric Harrison eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us
Wed May 31 19:38:52 UTC 2006


Gavin Chester wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 10:21 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
>> This is a supplementary question to my last post about undoing a 'reset
>> desktop'.  Where do I look to edit the login session menu that GDM
>> offers on the stock K12LTSP install?
>>
>> In my GDM menu I have always seen repeats of session options (eg., more
>> than one IceWM) and I want to remove that dreaded 'reset desktop' option
>> altogether.  Begone, I say!  ;-)
> 
> I fixed the related GDM issue in my other post, but still couldn't find
> anyway to pare down the session offerings listed in the GDM menu.
> 
> Gavin
> 


The location of the Session configuration files has changed over time.
You'll find them in one of these directories:

	/etc/X11/dm/Sessions/
	/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/
	/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/
	/usr/share/xsessions/


Each session type is contained in its own file. Depending on the version
of K12LTSP, you'll have one or more of the following files. Deleting
them all will make the "Reset your desktop" session disappear:

	/etc/X11/dm/Sessions/Reset.desktop
	/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/Reset your desktop
	/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.reset_desktop
	/usr/share/xsessions/reset.desktop

-Eric




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