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GNOME-SESSION(1)					      GNOME-SESSION(1)

NAME
       cinnamon-session - Start the GNOME desktop environment

SYNOPSIS
       cinnamon-session	  [-a|--autostart=DIR]	 [--session=SESSION]  [--fail‐
       safe|-f] [--debug] [--whale]

DESCRIPTION
       The cinnamon-session program starts up the GNOME	 desktop  environment.
       This  command  is typically executed by your login manager (either mdm,
       xdm, or from your X startup scripts). It will load  either  your	 saved
       session,	 or  it will provide a default session for the user as defined
       by the system administrator (or the default GNOME installation on  your
       system).

       The  default  session is defined in gnome.session, a .desktop-like file
       that  is	 looked	 for  in   $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cinnamon-session/sessions,
       $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/cinnamon-session/sessions and $XDG_DATA_DIRS/cinnamon-
       session/sessions.

       When saving a session, cinnamon-session	saves  the  currently  running
       applications   in  the  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cinnamon-session/saved-session
       directory.

       cinnamon-session is an X11R6  session  manager.	It  can	 manage	 GNOME
       applications as well as any X11R6 SM compliant application.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       --autostart=DIR
	      Start  all  applications defined in DIR, instead of starting the
	      applications defined in  gnome.session,  or  via	the  --session
	      option. Multiple --autostart options can be passed.

       --session=SESSION
	      Use  the	applications defined in SESSION.session. If not speci‐
	      fied, gnome.session will be used.

       --failsafe
	      Run in fail-safe mode. User-specified applications will  not  be
	      started.

       --debug
	      Enable debugging code.

       --whale
	      Show the fail whale in a dialog for debugging it.

SESSION DEFINITION
       Sessions	 are defined in .session files, that are using a .desktop-like
       format, with the following keys in the GNOME Session group:

       Name   Name of the session. This can be localized.

       RequiredComponents
	      List of component identifiers (desktop files) that are  required
	      by  the  session. The required components will always run in the
	      session.

       RequiredProviders
	      List of task providers that  are	required  by  the  session.  A
	      default provider for each task has to be defined with a Default‐
	      Provider-TASK key; the provider can be  overridden  by  required
	      components,  the	saved  session	or autostart applications. The
	      task providers will always run in the session.

       DefaultProvider-TASK
	      Identifier (desktop file) of the default provider for  TASK.  If
	      no  provider  for	 TASK is found in the required components, the
	      saved session and in the	autostart  applications,  the  default
	      provider will be started.

       Here is an example of a session definition:

	   [GNOME Session]
	   Name=GNOME fallback
	   RequiredComponents=gnome-panel;metacity;gnome-settings-daemon;
	   RequiredProviders=notifications;
	   DefaultProvider-notifications=notification-daemon

       The  .session  files  are  looked for in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cinnamon-ses‐
       sion/sessions,	   $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/cinnamon-session/sessions	   and
       $XDG_DATA_DIRS/cinnamon-session/sessions.

ENVIRONMENT
       cinnamon-session	 sets several environment variables for the use of its
       child processes:

       SESSION_MANAGER

	      This variable is used by session-manager aware clients  to  con‐
	      tact cinnamon-session.

       DISPLAY

	      This  variable  is  set to the X display being used by cinnamon-
	      session. Note that if the --display option is used this might be
	      different from the setting of the environment variable when cin‐
	      namon-session is invoked.

FILES
       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/config/autostart     $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/config/autostart
       /usr/share/gnome/autostart

	      The applications defined in those directories will be started on
	      login.  cinnamon-session-properties(1) can  be  used  to	easily
	      configure them.

       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cinnamon-session/sessions   $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/cinnamon-
       session/sessions $XDG_DATA_DIRS/cinnamon-session/sessions

	      These directories contain the .session files that	 can  be  used
	      with the --session option.

       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cinnamon-session/saved-session

	      This  directory  contains	 the list of applications of the saved
	      session.

SEE ALSO
       cinnamon-session-properties(1) cinnamon-session-quit(1)

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