minnie_eg
amany.elguindy@gmail.com 2012
Jana Svarova
jana.svarova@gmail.com 2013
Petr Kovar
pknbe@volny.cz 2014
Create a custom session by installing a desktop session file.

# Create a custom session

To create your own session with customized configuration, follow these steps:

Create a .desktop file in /etc/X11/sessions/new-session.desktop. Make sure that the file specifies the following entries:

[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Type=Application Name=Custom session Comment=This is our custom session Exec=gnome-session --session=new-session

The `Exec` entry specifies the command, possibly with arguments, to execute. You can run the custom session with the gnome-session --session=new-session command.

For more information on the parameters that you can use with gnome-session, see the gnome-session man page.

Create a custom session file in /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/new-session.session where you can specify the name and required components for the session:

[GNOME Session] Name=Custom Session RequiredComponents=gnome-shell-classic;gnome-settings-daemon;

Note that any item that you specify in `RequiredComponents` needs to have its corresponding .desktop file in /usr/share/applications/.

After configuring the custom session files, the new session will be available in the session list on the GDM login screen.

# Known issues

On a Debian or Debian-based system, the following error may occur:

    Xsession: unable to launch ""
        Xsession --- "" not found; falling back to default
        session.

Should this happen to you, follow these steps to change the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args file:

Change `STARTUP_FULL_PATH=$(/usr/bin/which "$1"|| true)` to `STARTUP_FULL_PATH=$(/usr/bin/which $1 || true)`

Change `STARTUP="$1"` to `STARTUP=$1`