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X and Gnome session startup

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Session manager

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/45xsession checks which session manager /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager is pointed to. If it is gnome-session, DESKTOP is set to gnome. If it is startkde, DESKTOP is set to kde. (DESKTOP determines which desktop 45xsession will run.)

/etc/X11/Xsession.d/55gnome-session_gnomerc determines if /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager is /usr/bin/gnome-session. If it is true, it sources ~/.gnomerc.

How gnome-session works

/usr/bin/gnome-session will look for user's own session file ~/.gnome2/session. If it is not present, the system's default /usr/share/gnome/default.session is used.