На Debian Sarge сделал так:
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox ~/Desktop/Autostart/firefox
ln -s /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird ~/Desktop/Autostart/thunderbird
Отгёб из /etc/X11/xfce4/xinitrc:
#!/bin/sh
xsetroot -solid black -cursor_name watch
# fix broken $UID on some system...
if test "x$UID" = "x"; then
UID=`id -u`
fi
# Those are my settings, change them as appropriate...
# Xft DPI: 96
# Xft.hintstyle: hintnone/hintslight/hintmedium/hintfull
# Xft hinting: 1/0
xrdb -nocpp -merge - << EOF
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintmedium
EOF
test -f $HOME/.Xmodmap && xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
# Uncomment this if you want to load Xresources and/or Xdefaults
# test -f $HOME/.Xresources && xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources
# test -f $HOME/.Xdefaults && xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xdefaults
# Launch xscreensaver (if available), but only as non-root user
test $UID -gt 0 && test -z $VNCSESSION && xscreensaver -no-splash &
# Run xfce4-session if installed
xfcesm=`which xfce4-session`
case "x$xfcesm" in
x|xno*)
;;
*)
exec $xfcesm
# Shouldn't get there, but anyway...
exit
;;
esac
# or use old-fashioned startup script otherwise
xfce-mcs-manager
xfwm4 --daemon
# Start-up stuff from ~/Desktop/Autostart directory, if it exists
# (as it seems to be the new standard)
if test -d "$HOME/Desktop/Autostart"; then
for i in `ls -1 -L ${HOME}/Desktop/Autostart/ 2>/dev/null`; do
if test -x $HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i; then
$HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i &
fi
done
fi
xftaskbar4&
xfdesktop&
xfcalendar&
panel=`which xfce4-panel`
case "x$panel" in
x|xno*)
;;
*)
$panel
ret=$?
while test $ret -ne 0; do
xmessage -center -file - -timeout 20 -title Error <<EOF
A crash occured in the panel
Please report this to the xfce4-dev@moongroup.com list
Meanwhile the panel will be restarted
EOF
cat >&2 <<EOF
A crash occured in the panel
Please report this to the xfce4-dev@moongroup.com list
Meanwhile the panel will be restarted
EOF
$panel
ret=$?
done
;;
esac
xsetroot -bg white -fg red -solid black -cursor_name watch