lxsession-default(1)

lxsession-default1

Launch default applications set by lxsession

Usage

lxsession-default [COMMAND] [OPTION]

Overview

lxsession-default is a wrapper around the LXSession D-Bus interface that launches the default applications set by LXsession. The application to be launched is defined by COMMAND, and the available commands are defined in desktop.conf.examples. An OPTION is available if the COMMAND accepts it.

Examples

To launch file_manager/command set in desktop.conf, use:

lxsession-default file_manager

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 8–12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

Authors

Julien Lavergne <[email protected]>,
man page written to conform with Debian

From lxsession 1:0.5.7-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.