Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:37:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>, Gnome List <Gnome-List@Gnome.Org> Subject: Re: layers and layers of windows managers Message-ID: <20020921143634.O8893-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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Just an update for the archives, and future troubleshooters: 1. To fix this problem, make your .xinitrc look something like this. setenv WINDOW_MANAGER metacity metacity & exec gnome-session Once Gnome 2 is working again, you can eliminate some of these. 2. Edit ~/.gnome2/default.wm to look something like this: [Default] WM=/usr/X11R6/bin/metacity 3. Rename or remove ~/.gnome2/session and re-run startx ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> X-X-Sender: <pete@earl-grey.cloud9.net> To: C. A. Daelhousen <cd9@buffalo.edu> Subject: Re: layers and layers of windows managers Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 16:49:05 -0400 (EDT) On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, C. A. Daelhousen wrote: > Apparently. Maybe you can use sysinstall to replace your X install? > (I've never tried, so I can't personally recommend either way.) At this point, I'd be too worried that sysinstall would overwrite and undo too many already-working things but it may be worth a try if I am still nowhere in a couple days. > If xinitrc is the only thing you're missing (it's the only thing in the > xinit directory), have a look at the (short) attachment. I created an xinit directory and saved your attachment to it but still no go - just the DHCP warning, one background image, then another, then just a cursor and no interaction. Bleh. I think the ~/.gnome/default.wm will be the likely path to fixing my problems :( Thanks for the file though! -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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