On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 12:45, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > Hi, > > > I have installed gnome2 on my woody machines. On one machine, I put the > following in ~/.xinitrc > > exec oroborus & > exec gnome-session > > On this machine, I do not have gdm2 installed. So, when I use startx, I > get the gnome-desktop with oroborus window manager. > > On another machine, I have gdm2 installed. But, if I put the above > commands in ~/.xsession, I always get the icewm-gnome window manager. > Actually whatever wm is pointed to at /etc/alternatives x-window-manager > comes. > > I checked and could not find a way to set the default wm for the > gnome-session using the gnome-control-center. How does one do it? Does > not the ~/.xsession rote work anymore in gnome2? > > Any pointers to get this thing working properly? > > Regards, > > -- > Sridhar M.A. > > Well, the handwriting is on the floor. > -- Joe E. Lewis > >
Is .xsession executable? If it isn't, it doesn't run, and the fallback is to the global xsession. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
