Re: Window locations on login

[Juan Martinez <martinez eecs cwru edu>]

I don't have either file in my home directory.

Any ideas on how RH starts gnome?

--Juan


On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, James Henstridge wrote:

> The window manager is responsible for placing windows on session restart
> (it is the only program that has knowledge of exact positioning, which
> desktop the window is on, etc).  Enlightenment should be able to do this
> itself if it is started from the session manager.
> 
> How do you start gnome?  Your .xinitrc or .Xclients file should contain
> the line:
>   exec gnome-session
> 
> If you are explicitely starting enlightenment in the startup file, it may
> not manage window positioning correctly.
> 
> James.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Juan Martinez wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm running RedHat 6.1, October GNOME and Enlightenment 0.16.1
> > 
> > I'm experiencing a problem when I log in and start a new
> > session.  All gnome-terminals that were running when I logged
> > out and saved the session last are restarted.  The problem is
> > that the windows get placed in seemingly random locations, not
> > where I left them.
> > 
> > Does anyone know how to control where windows are placed in my
> > setup?  It's not a showstopper but it is very annoying.
> > 
> > Incidentally, this has always "worked" this way on my machine
> > at home.  My box at work, with the same configuration, did not
> > exhibit this annoying feature until the upgrade to October
> > GNOME.  Can anyone help me out?
> > 
> > --Juan