"semi-session" with Xquartz

[killermoehre]

Am 04.06.2012 14:35, schrieb Jean-François Dagenais:
> Hi all,
Hi jfd
> Looking for some help for a special scenario...
>
> I'm a mac user. I like the basic apps in Mac OS X. I develop linux software. I
> am trying to get the best of both worlds. My development is hosted on a decent
> workstation, while I want to use my old macbook pro as a terminal.
>
> I run Xquartz ( and thus xquartz-wm) on the mac. I established ssh X11
> forwarding ( or NX or xauth cookie) correctly. I want to get an xfce session
> going, but certain features are unwanted and/or disturbing.
>
> Using Xubuntu (Oneiric), my current approach is to just invoke "xfce-session". I
> then went into the settings manager and disabled a few things in the session
> startup. The current annoyances are that xfdesktop always launches. I fixed it
> by replacing xfdesktop with a dummy bash script which sleeps. Also, I don't have
> management of USB devices and administrative (policykit) things like the update
> manager don't always work properly.
>
> At least xfwm4 realizes xquartz-wm is managing my windows and quits with a
> warning without further interfering.
>
> So specific questions: - how do I completely prevent xfdesktop from being
> started?  - what do I launch to get my USB stuff going correctly (auto appears
> in thunar)?  - what's missing so policykit things run smooth?
You could just deinstall xfdesktop, or you create a dummy-launcher in 
/usr/local/bin. Or you kill it in xfce4-session-manager and saves your 
session.
If you want to have console kit enabled, start your session with 
»ck-launch-sessions startxfce4«
> Thanks in advance for tips and hints!
> Cheers!
> /jfd
Regards