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MATE-SESSION(1)						       MATE-SESSION(1)

NAME
       mate-session - Start the MATE desktop environment

SYNOPSIS
       mate-session   [--autostart=DIR]	 [--default-session-key=KEY]  [--fail‐
       safe|-f] [--debug]

DESCRIPTION
       The mate-session program starts up the MATE 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  ses‐
       sion,  or  it will provide a default session for the user as defined by
       the system administrator (or the default MATE installation on your sys‐
       tem).

       The  default  session  is  defined  in  the  MateConf keys under /desk‐
       top/mate/session.  When saving a session, mate-session saves  the  cur‐
       rently running applications in the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mate-session/saved-
       session directory.

       mate-session is an X11R6 session manager. It can manage	MATE  applica‐
       tions as well as any X11R6 SM compliant.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       --autostart=DIR
	      Start  all  applications defined in DIR, instead of starting the
	      applications defined  in	/desktop/mate/session/default_session,
	      or  via  the  --default-session-key option. Multiple --autostart
	      options can be passed.

       --default-session-key=KEY
	      Set the MateConf key from which applications running  a  default
	      session  should  be  read	 to  KEY.  If  not  specificed, /desk‐
	      top/mate/session/default_session will be used.

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

       --debug
	      Enable debugging code.

ENVIRONMENT
       mate-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 mate-session.

       DISPLAY

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

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

	      The applications defined in those directories will be started on
	      login.  mate-session-properties(1) can be used to easily config‐
	      ure them.

       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mate-session/saved-session

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

BUGS
       If you find bugs in the mate-session program, please  report  these  on
       https://bugzilla.gnome.org.

SEE ALSO
       mate-session-properties(1) mate-session-save(1) mate-wm(1)

				     MATE		       MATE-SESSION(1)

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