I'm trying to configure a point-and-click Linux installation for a friend of mine. I have been trying to get Gnome running, but to no avail...
>From gnome's docs it seems like all it takes is to put "exec gnome-wm" into X initialization file. I am using wdm, and suspect that it could be more difficult than that. The installation is a brand-new install of Potato. So far I tried three approaches: 1. Chosing "failsafe" (only an xterm displayed, no window manager) from wdm, and trying to run gnome-wm from there. I get an error "Unable to bind port 16001". 2. Adding "gnome-wm" to the selection of windowmanagers in /etc/X11/wdm/wdm-config. This didn't work, and wdm just starts the previous windowmanager. 3. Put "exec gnome-wm" into ~/.xsession. This yeilds nothing. Any suggestions? Like I said, the system is stock Potato with gnome and the rest installed by apt. On another note, is gnome-panel an application? I.e. should there be an executable with name "gnome-panel"? I installed the gnome-panel package, but the executable with this name is nowhere to be found. Thanks! -- Arcady Genkin http://www.thpoon.com Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
