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XMSM(1) General Commands Manual XMSM(1) NAME xmsm/xmsession - X session manager SYNOPSIS xmsm [options] xinit xmsession xdm -session xmsession DESCRIPTION XmSm is a Motif based session manager for EMWM. In provides screen locking, workspace configuration settings and shutdown options. It is also responsible for starting the window manager (emwm), the applica- tion launcher (xmtoolbox) and other, user defined applications. USAGE XmSm is normally started by the accompanying xmsession initialization script that sets up the environment, redirects stdout and stderr to ~/.xmsession.log, loads ~/.Xresources and sources ~/.Xprofile before running the session manager. The xmsession script itself should be invoked either by a display/login manager like xdm, or the xinit utility. ~/.Xprofile is the startup file for X sessions and analogous to the ~/.profile file where user specific environment variables may be set. ~/.sessionetc is a shell script that is processed in a separate shell, and may be used to start user-specific programs. RESOURCES blankOnLock Boolean Immediately activate X screen saver in blanking mode when screen lock is user engaged. Default is True. blankTimeout Seconds Period of inactivity after which X screen saver is activated in blanking mode. Set to 0 to disable blanking. Default is 480 seconds. See also: lockTimeout. enableLocking Boolean Enable screen locking capability. This affects lockTimeout and the Session sub-menu in xmtoolbox(1). Default is True. enableShade Boolean Enable shading of workspace contents when the Logout dialog is displayed. Default is True. enableSuspend Boolean If True, enables the Suspend command. This affects the Session sub-menu in xmtoolbox(1). Default is True. launcher String Full path to the Launcher executable name. Default is (instal- lation prefix)/xmtoolbox lockBackgroundColor Color Background color of the screen lock. lockBackgroundImage File Name An image to be used as a tiled background on the lock screen. Also see the IMAGE FILES section. lockTimeout Seconds Period of inactivity after which screen lock is engaged. Set to 0 to disable timed locking. Default is 600 seconds. See also: blankTimeout, fBenableLocking. lockOnSuspend Boolean If True, locks the screen before executing the suspend command. Default is False. numLockState ON|OFF|KEEP Set the keyboard NumLock state. Default is KEEP. unlockScreenTimeout Seconds Period on inactivity after which the password input dialog on the lock screen is hidden. It appears again as soon as user ac- tivity is detected. primaryXineramaScreen Integer Index of a xinerama screen to be used for input and message di- alogs. showShutdown Boolean Show the Shutdown option in the exit options dialog. Default is True. showReboot Boolean Show the Reboot option in the exit options dialog. Default is True. silent Boolean If set to True, xmsm wont give any audible feedback. Default is False. workspaceBackgroundColor Color Background color of the root window. workspaceBackgroundImage File Name An image to be used as tiled background on the root window. Also see the IMAGE FILES section. windowManager String Full path to the window manager executable name. Default is (installation prefix)/emwm IMAGE FILE FORMATS Any image file formats supported by the Motif widget toolkit may be specified. At the time of writing these include X pixmap/bitmap, PNG and JPEG images. X Bitmaps are drawn by coloring white bits in the specified background color (workspace/lockBackgroundColor resources) and black bits in a darker shade of that color. FILES ~/.sessionetc ~/.xmsession.log ~/.Xprofile ~/.Xresources SIGNALS xmsm responds to SIGUSR1 by engaging screen lock. CAVEATS The xmsm binary must be setuid root for screen locking and shutdown/re- boot functionality, it discards root privileges at startup and restores them only during password check and when executing system commands. XmSm does not implement the ICCCM session save/restore protocol. The X screen saver extension is used for timed locking and blanking, but there are no graphical screensavers provided by XmSm. SEE ALSO emwm(1) xmtoolbox(1) AUTHORS XmSm was written and is maintained by alx@fastestcode.org XMSM(1)
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