Re: GNOME and WindowMaker

["Neb Bosworth" <Neb_Bosworth pilot aspeninst org>]

I couldn't even get gnome-session to run..... it is in .Xclients but it
starts X and then nothing.

What am I missing??   OK, scratch that.... I let it sit for a while and it
finally came up. but there is a problem...... When I go into the
configuration for the window manager in control-center, there is an entry
for windowmaker but the path to WPrefs is incorrect. I can't edit that
particular window manager entry. for now, I make a symlink to fix that
incorrect prefs thing. I added another Window manager entry to fix it and
that seems to work. Log out actually logs out now.... the only thing I am
now questioning is the screensaver. Also, when I added the window manager
in control-center..... should "window manager is session managed" be
checked??

thanks alot,
Neb






James Thompson <jamest@math.ksu.edu> on 03/18/99 11:53:16 AM

To:   Neb_Bosworth/ITS/DC/Aspen@ASPEN
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Subject:  Re: GNOME and WindowMaker




On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Neb Bosworth wrote:

> back in, there is no background even though control-center is still set
up
> with the background I chose in the previous section. Also, Screensavers
> don't work at all. AND, AND, when I use panel's logout, it just quits
> panel, not the window manager. Basic ickiness..... nothing that really
> hurts but kind of a pain in the ass.
>

I had similar problems.  The following e-mail snippet may help.  Once
gnome-session runs OK then you use to control-center to switch your window
manager to Window Maker.



From: James Henstridge <james@daa.com.au>
To: James Thompson <jamest@math.ksu.edu>
Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: Solved.  But why? was Re: RH5.1/gnome-session problem

There is a bug in the latest gnome-core.  It installs default.session in
$(prefix)/share, but gnome-session expects to find it in
$(prefix)/share/gnome.  Copying the file accross to the correct location
will also fix the problem.  The bug should be fixed in the next tarball
release.

James.

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Email: james@daa.com.au
WWW:   http://www.daa.com.au/~james/


On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, James Thompson wrote:

> >
> > This .xinitrc works
> > #!/bin/sh
> > # WindowMaker Default .xinitrc
> > #enlightenment
> > panel &
> > exec /usr/local/bin/wmaker
> > #gnome-session
> > ##
> >
> > If I change it to
> > #!/bin/sh
> > # WindowMaker Default .xinitrc
> > #enlightenment
> > #panel &
> > #exec /usr/local/bin/wmaker
> > gnome-session
> > ##
> >
> > gnome-session runs but doesn't start a window manager
> >
>
> By copying /usr/local/share/default.session to ~/.gnome/session
everything
> works fine.
>


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