On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 01:20:37AM -0600, Brad wrote: <snipped> > Another important change in the xfree86-common package is that all > support for the /etc/X11/window-managers file has been removed. Window > managers should now use the alternatives system. You may want to check > that the /usr/bin/x-window-manager symlink is valid. The command
It was a valid link. Well, technically it was. Turns out that /usr/bin/x-window-manager was pointing to /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager which in turn was pointing to /etc/X11/window-managers Once I realized that and changed the link in the alternatives directory to point at the window manager I wanted to use, things started working again. Thank you for getting me pointed in the right direction - without your pointer it's doubtful I would have figured that one out. > "update-alternatives --auto x-window-manager" will reset that symlink to > auto mode if for some reason it is manual (on my system it for some > reason was stuck in manual mode pointing to twm, which had been > uninstalled). I checked and it is in auto. However, something puzzles me: HAL9000:~# update-alternatives --display x-window-manager x-window-manager - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/bin/blackbox /etc/X11/window-managers - priority 50 <===== this line and ... slave x-window-manager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/blackbox.1.gz Current `best' version is /etc/X11/window-managers. <===== this line Could the two lines I marked above have something to do with what happened? I tried: HAL9000:~# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager There is only 1 program which provides x-window-manager (/etc/X11/window-managers). Nothing to configure. But checking the description for blackbox it says: HAL9000:~# grep-available -P -s Package,Provides blackbox Package: blackbox Provides: x-window-manager I'm getting more confused the more I dig into this. I can't even figure out what package it was that put the /etc/X11/window-managers file there to begin with. HAL9000:~# dpkg -S /etc/X11/window-managers dpkg: /etc/X11/window-managers not found. What do I need to do now to get my system straightened out as to who is providing x-window-manager? -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E | Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow.
