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# XSession
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!!! note
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My modified Makefile installs DWM as a session automagically. I think.
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Maybe check out the [Makefile](https://git.jakest.us/suckless/dwm/src/branch/jakefication/Makefile). Steps below should not be necessary.
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You might want to add DWM as a session to start it conveniently from a display manager.
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## .desktop file
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For displaymanagers that parse these.
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As root create a file like this:
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``` desktop title="/usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop"
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[Desktop Entry]
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Encoding=UTF-8
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Name=dwm
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Comment=Dynamic window manager
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Exec=dwm
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Icon=dwm
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Type=XSession
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```
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with these permissions
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``` console
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$ ls -l /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 108 Jun 27 17:24 /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop
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```
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## Execute a script
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Optionally rather than executing dwm directly you could execute a shell script instead that writes stdout / stderr to a file for logging purposes. This also helps to [autostart](autostart.md) apps
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So the .desktop file should be modified to have
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`Exec=startdwm`
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and you need a file with executable permissions
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``` sh title="/usr/local/bin/startdwm"
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#!/bin/sh
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echo "$(date): Starting dwn" >> /path/to/logs/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H.dwm.log)
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dwm >> /path/to/logs/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H.dwm.log) 2>&1
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```
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``` console
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$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/startdwm
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 204 Sep 19 14:12 /usr/local/bin/startdwm
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```
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## Debian alternatives
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For some displaymanagers, like XDM.
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You may add your session with something like:
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``` console
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$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-session-manager x-session-manager /usr/local/bin/startdwm 50
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$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
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```
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## Credits
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Thank you u/bakkeby for providing some of this information on Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/suckless/comments/jj61py/comment/gaanvez/](https://www.reddit.com/r/suckless/comments/jj61py/comment/gaanvez/)
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