The fault is mine (as usual), there is a second part to the install which entails apt-get install task-helix-gnome, which I'm doing now..
Dale L . Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I always have trouble with Helix Gnome. This time I downloaded > everything using apt-get update. But when I change my .xsession file > to read gnome-session, I'm back into the old gnome desktop that came > with 2.2. What am I doing wrong now? I'm running potato, but that > shouldn't make a difference, correct? > If I can't run it, how can I uninstall it? > > thanks > > Dale L . Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Can I install this in potato or do I have to upgrade to woody? Is this > > a recommended upgrade? > > > > thanks > > > > > > Morten Liebach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On 1, sep, 2000 at 11:42:22 +0000, stefan goeman wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I know that there is something around like Helix Gnome. > > > > > > > > Why should I consider using this instead of the normal Gnome packed > > > > with > > > > Debian? > > > > > > The GNOME included in Debian Potato is not being upgraded now, and since > > > the freeze on Potato a lot has happened on that front. > > > > > > Helix GNOME is the bleeding, but stable, edge of GNOME. > > > > > > I've run Helix for Woody on Potato for some months witout any problems > > > whatsoever (except for those of my own making!). It's very stable and I > > > like it a lot, much better than the one in Debian Potato. > > > > > > Just put this line in your /etc/apt/sources.list: > > > > > > deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian\ > > > unstable main > > > > > > And use apt-get, dselect etc. > > > > > > HTH > > > Morten > > > > > > -- "Know thyself.."
