On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 08:19 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 05:31:51PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 23:09 -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > > >>On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 05:15:52PM +0000, Michael Ott wrote: > > >> [snip] > When I first started to try to get xorg 7.0 a few weeks ago, the > xorg->x-window-system->x-window-system-core dependency list was missing > a few things here and there, so tried to get what I could and waited for > each update to see what was added. Now with IIRC 7.0.3 or 7.0.4, the > xorg packages seem nearly complete. > There were a few things like: new locations for font files, missing font > pacakges, missing gl or mesa dependencies and other as of yet unknown > changes/transitions that may need to be completed or fixed but as of > 7.0.4, it seems very close to becoming an 'unstable' packages.
OK, I bit the bullet and installed x.org 7.0.4. After fixing the font directory problem, X starts, but the system has forgotten the systemwide DE. Now, when I run startx, it only brings up a small fixed-size xterm window. I'm able to start GNOME by typing this in that xterm window: metacity & gnome-session & So, how do I tell the system what the systemwide DE should be? There must be a Debian Way to do it, but I can't find it. TIA, Ron -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "Rightly hating violence, [pacifists] do not wish to recognise that it is integral to modern society and that their own fine feelings and noble attitudes are all the fruit of injustice backed up by force. They do not want to learn where their incomes come from." George Orwell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
