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I am trying to execute two commands one on logon and one on logoff. For the log on one, I put my script into /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d and this works.

I'd like it to be system-wide so I can use any WM.

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Have a look at your display manager (lightdm, gdm, kdm, xdm, wdm).

Newer lightdm versions can have a session-cleanup-script entry in the [SeatDefaults] section of /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.

For gdm, you can put a script in the PostSession directory.

For kdm, xdm and wdm have a look at this answer at SuperUser.

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Thanks for your answer. – igor012 Oct 4 '12 at 12:46
Thanks for your answer. I did try to add a command in Xreset but it didn"t work.I keep digging – igor012 Oct 4 '12 at 12:57
You can put exec >/tmp/Xreset.log 2>&1 at the start of the script (your Xreset command), so you can see whether the script is called at all, and you can see its error messages. – elmicha Oct 4 '12 at 13:55

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