On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:17:57AM -0500, D Hoyem wrote:
> Hi All,
> I just did a dist-upgrade on my testing system. When I did the startx and my
> window manager came up I found that I was in gnome 2.4 and Window Maker wasn't up
> and running. After I did the startx it asks me some questions
Please follow RFC 1855.
Em Ter, 2003-12-23 Ãs 13:17, D Hoyem escreveu:
> When I did the startx
You probably should use gdm.
> I found that I was in gnome 2.4 and Window Maker wasn't up and running.
Open some terminal emulator, run 'killall metacity; windowmaker &'.
Th
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On Tuesday 23 December 2003 09:17, D Hoyem wrote:
> Hi All,
> I just did a dist-upgrade on my testing system. When I did the
> startx and my window manager came up I found that I was in gnome 2.4
> and Window Maker wasn't up and running. After I di
Hi All,
I just did a dist-upgrade on my testing system. When I did the startx and my window
manager came up I found that I was in gnome 2.4 and Window Maker wasn't up and
running. After I did the startx it asks me some questions and I obviously chose the
wrong answers. When I went into root
Back when I used to use Gnome, I used it with Sawfish. It
was the lightest gnome-compliant WM around.
Check your /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
Of course there may be a typo someplace... you might want to
search /etc/... for 'elightenment' ;-)
According to Todd Pytel,
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:48:10 +0200 (CEST)
Johan Braennlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If you don't mind compiling, you might try
> > Openbox 3. AFAIK, it's not in any apt repositories yet since it's
> > still at Release Candidate phase.
>
> Actually,
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:27:02 -0400
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah, .xsession-errors has a clue. It's trying (and failing) to run
> /usr/bin/elightenment,a Acording to dselect, this is not installed.
> Should I install it? If I have a choice, I think I like sawfish, at
> least from the breif
Todd Pytel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:00:23 -0400
> stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What window manager should I have installed?
> Metacity is the semi-official window manager for GNOME 2. Check to see
> if you've got that. Sawfish is also GNOME-compliant, but has so
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 07:37:38PM -0500, Todd Pytel wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:09:53 -0400
> stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Yes, that's the problem. When I log into a Gnome session, I have no
> > window manager running. I can then get a terminal, and run sawfish,
> > ormetacity. The m
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:09:53 -0400
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, that's the problem. When I log into a Gnome session, I have no
> window manager running. I can then get a terminal, and run sawfish,
> ormetacity. The metacity --replace, did not got it intalled
> permanently.
To clarify -
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 06:17:22PM -0500, Todd Pytel wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:47:01 -0400
> stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > OK, I sed dselect to install Metacity. I already had Gnome-sawfish
> > installed. However, I still can't figure out how to tell Gnome to use
> > this window mana
't figure out how to tell Gnome to use this
> window manager.
>
> What am I missing?
>
You could try:
antgel $ sudo update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
Password:
There are 2 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'.
SelectionAlternative
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 18:47:01 -0400
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, I sed dselect to install Metacity. I already had Gnome-sawfish
> installed. However, I still can't figure out how to tell Gnome to use
> this window manager.
>
> What am I missing?
Nothing obvious, so don't feel bad - the G
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 09:10:15PM -0500, Todd Pytel wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:00:23 -0400
> stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > When I go into the Gnome configurator, and try to go to the windows
> > section it gives me an error message about "window manager 'unkown'
> > not being registr
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:00:23 -0400
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I go into the Gnome configurator, and try to go to the windows
> section it gives me an error message about "window manager 'unkown'
> not being registred.
>
> What window manager should I have installed?
Metacity is the s
I just installed a new "testing" machine, and most everything works. But in
the Gnome sessiosn there is some strange stuff going on with windows.
When I go into the Gnome configurator, and try to go to the windows section
it gives me an error message about "window manager 'unkown' not being
regist
>Does anyone know how I can get the window-manager selection combo box on
>the kdm screen functioning?
I've had some luck. It seems to depend on the proper configuration of
three files.
For the /etc/kde/kdmrc.in try...
# KDE Config File
[KDMDESKTOP]
BackgroundColor=#00a5c6
Fanc
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On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Evan Van Dyke wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can get the window-manager selection combo box on
> the kdm screen functioning?
> It does allow me to choose window managers... only the selection has no
> effect on which one show
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Evan Van Dyke wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can get the window-manager selection combo box on
> the kdm screen functioning?
> It does allow me to choose window managers... only the selection has no
> effect on which one shows up.
> if I didn't have star
Does anyone know how I can get the window-manager selection combo box on
the kdm screen functioning?
It does allow me to choose window managers... only the selection has no
effect on which one shows up.
if I didn't have startkde in my .xsession, it'd default to fvwm2... Not
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