Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

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  Preface

  1.  Configuring Login Manager

  2.  Configuring Session Manager

What Is a Session?

The Initial Session

Current Session

Home Session

Display-Specific Sessions

Starting a Session

When a Session Starts

Sourcing the .dtprofile Script

Sourcing Xsession.d Scripts

Displaying the Welcome Message

Setting Up the Desktop Search Paths

Gathering Available Applications

Optionally Sourcing the .profile or .login Script

Starting the ToolTalk Messaging Daemon

Starting the Session Manager Client

Loading the Session Resources

Starting the Color Server

Starting Workspace Manager

Starting the Session Applications

Additional Session Startup Customizations

To Set Environment Variables

To Set Resources

To Set Display-Specific Resources

To Change Applications for the Initial Session

To Set Up a Display-Specific Session

Executing Additional Commands at Session Startup and Logout

To Execute Additional Commands at Session Startup

To Execute Additional Commands at Logout

To Recover a Session from Backup

To Investigate Session Startup Problems

Session Manager Files and Directories

  3.  Troubleshooting Login and Session Startup Problems

  4.  Adding and Administering Applications

  5.  Registering an Application

  6.  Miscellaneous Configurations

  7.  Configuring the Desktop in a Network

  8.  Configuring and Administering Printing from the Desktop

  9.  Desktop Search Paths

  10.  Introduction to Actions and Data Types

  11.  Creating Actions and Data Types Using Create Action

  12.  Creating Actions Manually

  13.  Creating Data Types Manually

  14.  Creating Icons for the Desktop

  15.  Advanced Front Panel Customization

  16.  Customizing the Workspace Manager

  17.  Administering Application Resources, Fonts, and Colors

  18.   Configuring Localized Desktop Sessions

  A.  dtconfig(1) Man Page

  Index