Re: gnome session

["Ben FrantzDale" <frantb rpi edu>]

----- Original Message -----
From: <hermanr@mailroom.com>
To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:02 AM
Subject: gnome session


> Forgive me if I post questions I should be able to find elsewhere, but I'm
not
> sure where to find this information.
>
> 1. What is the proper way to start Gnome? At the moment, I run sawmill as
my
> window manager. What I do now, is that I have a sawmill entry for gdm in
my
> Sessions subdir (/opt/gnome/etc/gdm/Sessions) which starts panel, gmc and
> sawmill. I've heard about gnomerc and gnome-session, but I don't know how
to
> use (or configure) them. Can somebody help me or point me to a document
which
> includes this info?

have it run just "gnome-session"
that should do it.

> 2. Every time I run Gnome, it starts up with the default background. As
soon as
> I run the control center, it gives me my favourite background. How can I
> configure Gnome so that it will automatically set my background? The same
> applies, mutatis mutandis, to my sound setup.
 >
> 3. Is there a recent version of the Gnome-network package? I had many
problems
> with Balsa and now it won't even run anymore. I also run the modem lights
> panel applet, which allows me to open my dialup connection. This works
fine,
> but the applet doesn't detect that the connection has been made and
doesn't
> display any lights flashing.
>
> These questions notwithstanding, I'm very fond of Gnome. Keep up the good
work!
>
>
> ----------------------------------
> Herman Roozenbeek, The Hague (NL)
> E-Mail: hermanr@mailroom.com
> Date: 04-Oct-99, 16:38:21
>
>
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