Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 10.1

Chapter 33. GNOME Libraries and Desktop

gnome-session-3.38.0

Introduction to GNOME Session

The GNOME Session package contains the GNOME session manager.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.1 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Session Dependencies

Required

dbus-glib-0.110, gnome-desktop-3.38.4, JSON-GLib-1.6.2, Mesa-20.3.4, Systemd-247, and UPower-0.99.11

Optional

GConf-3.2.6, xmlto-0.0.28, and libxslt-1.1.34 with docbook-xml-4.5 and docbook-xsl-1.79.2 (to build the documentation)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-session

Installation of GNOME Session

When running GNOME under Wayland-1.19.0, environment settings are not imported for the user using the system profile. The Wayland developers are currently undecided on a standard method to provide system environment settings for user sessions. To work around this limitation, execute the following command to make gnome-session use a login shell: 

sed 's@/bin/sh@/bin/sh -l@' -i gnome-session/gnome-session.in

Adapt gnome-session to changes in systemd-247: 

echo 'Slice=-.slice' >> data/gnome-session-restart-dbus.service.in

Install GNOME Session by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson --prefix=/usr .. &&
ninja

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-session, gnome-session-custom-session, gnome-session-inhibit, and gnome-session-quit
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/doc/gnome-session-3.38.0 and /usr/share/gnome-session

Short Descriptions

gnome-session

is used to start up the GNOME Desktop environment

gnome-session-inhibit

is used to inhibit certain GNOME Session functionality while executing the given command

gnome-session-quit

is used to end the GNOME Session

Last updated on 2021-02-25 10:01:25 -0800