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## NAME

    icewm-session - X.Org session manager provider with IceWM

## SYNOPSIS

icewm-session [OPTIONS]

## DESCRIPTION

icewm-session is an implementation of a X.Org session manager and can be run from a X11 session setup. It runs icewm as default window manager and controls the life cycle of related support applications.

## OPTIONS

## SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-c, --config=FILE

  Let IceWM load preferences from FILE.

-t, --theme=FILE

  Let IceWM load the theme FILE.

-i, --icewm=FILE

  Use FILE as the IceWM window manager.

-o, --output=FILE

  Redirect all output to FILE. A leading tilde or environment variable is expanded.

-a, --alpha

  Use a 32-bit visual for translucency.

-b, --nobg

  Do not start icewmbg.

-n, --notray

  Do not start icewmtray. This is only applicable if IceWM was explicitly configured to use an external icewmtray process.

-s, --sound

  Also start icesound.

--replace

  Replace an existing window manager.

## GENERAL OPTIONS

-d, --display=DISPLAY

  Use DISPLAY to connect to the X server. If this option is missing then DISPLAY is read from the environment variable `DISPLAY`.

--sync

  Use a slower synchronous mode communication with the X11 server.

-h, --help

  Give a list of all supported options and exit.

-V, --version

  Print the program version and exit.

-C, --copying

  Print copying permissions and exit.

## DEBUGGING OPTIONS

-v, ---valgrind

  Let `/usr/bin/valgrind` run icewm. Thoroughly examines the execution of icewm.

-g, ---catchsegv

  Let `/usr/bin/catchsegv` run icewm. Gives a backtrace if icewm segfaults.

## USAGE

On startup icewm-session executes the following steps. From the file env in the configuration directory it loads additional environment variables, if that file exists. Then it will start icewmbg to manage root background colors and images. It may also start icesound, if this was enabled at configuration time. Then icewm is started.

If there exists an executable script startup in the configuration directory, it will be executed. It may contain commands to initialize X11 settings with xset, load keyboard configuration, start a compositing manager like compton and load system tray applications.

When icewm exits, icewm-session will execute a shutdown script, if it exists in the configuration directory. When this finishes, icewm-session will terminate icewm, icewmbg and icesound. Finally, icewm-session will exit.

If the icewm process crashes then icewm-session will attempt to restart it. If two such crashes occur in a short period, then icewm-session will attempt to popup a dialog using either yad, xmessage, kdialog or zenity. This dialog presents a choice between restarting icewm, starting a terminal, or abort execution of icewm-session.

## ENVIRONMENT

ICEWM_OPTIONS

  A space separated list of options that will be added to the command line invocation of icewm. This can be set in the env file.

## SEE ALSO

icewm(1), icewm-env(5), icewm-shutdown(5), icewm-startup(5), icewmbg(1).

## BUGS

Please report bugs at https://github.com/bbidulock/icewm/issues.

## AUTHOR

Brian Bidulock mailto:bidulock@openss7.org.

See --copying for full copyright notice and copying permissions.

## LICENSE

IceWM is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License. See the COPYING file in the distribution or use the --copying flag to display copying permissions.

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