lynn
The file xfce4.desktop was already in /usr/share/xsessions
The package "xfce-utils" does not seem to be available either from the opensuse oss nor the opensuse-xfce repos.
Hum, they must have repackaged for 12.1. In 11.4, the .desktop file is in the xfce-utils package: ,---- | rpm -qf /usr/share/xsessions/xfce.desktop | xfce-utils-4.8.1-3.6.1.x86_64 `---- ,---- | rpm -qi xfce-utils | Name : xfce-utils Relocations: (not relocatable) | Version : 4.8.1 Vendor: openSUSE | Release : 3.6.1 Build Date: Sat 19 Feb 2011 06:54:18 AM EST | Install Date: Sat 26 Mar 2011 05:54:28 PM EDT Build Host: build23 | Group : System/GUI/XFCE Source RPM: xfce-utils-4.8.1-3.6.1.src.rpm | Size : 179598 License: GPLv2+ | Signature : RSA/8, Sat 19 Feb 2011 06:56:12 AM EST, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284 | Packager : http://bugs.opensuse.org | URL : http://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce-utils/ | Summary : Collection of Scripts and Utilities for the Xfce Desktop Environment | Description : | This is a collection of scripts and utilities for the Xfce desktop environment, | including an about dialog, an application launcher, and several useful scripts | that are also used by other Xfce components such as the panel and the desktop | menu. | Distribution: openSUSE 11.4 `----
There must be something easy being overlooked by me here!
Strange, what happens if you put: ,---- | exec startxfce4 `---- in "~/.xsession" (make sure the file is executable) and run "startx" after doing a: ,---- | rckdm stop `---- ? Charles -- "Problem solving under linux has never been the circus that it is under AIX." (By Pete Ehlke in comp.unix.aix)