gnome-session: gnome-session - program starts up the GNOME desktop environment gnome-session: gnome-session: The gnome-session program starts up the GNOME desktop environment. gnome-session: This command is typically executed by your login manager (either gnome-session: gdm, xdm, or from your X startup scripts). It will load either your gnome-session: last session, or the user as defined by the system administrator gnome-session: (or the default GNOME installation on your system). gnome-session: gnome-session: gnome-session: gnome-session: