On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 09:20:08PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 01:17:42PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > How strange. I can't log in to anything other than Gnome. icewm is > > installed,m is my default window manager, but I get Gnome. > > > Hi hendrik, > what does this say: > ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager > this is a symbolic link to the current window manager on Debian systems. > Gnome is not a window manager, metacity is, as well as icewm. The Gnome > enviroment usually starts with gdm (gnome display manager) and than > launches metacity (the window manager).
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Jan 10 2006 /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager -> /usr/bin/openbox It's xdm I'm using, which doesn't provide a nice menu for choosing a window manager. I have one same home directory, which I use from several machines, a 32-bit AMD running either sarge or etch, and an 64-bit AMD runnning etch. I thought the use of icewm would be in one of the inscrutable dot-files in my home directory. I get icewm nicely in 32-bit sarge and 64-bit etch, but not in 32-but etch. By the way, I run xdm on 32-bit etch because gdm crashes. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
