Well, I hitted "Save" instead of previewing... this is the change http://awesome.naquadah.org/w/index.php?title=Quickly_Setting_up_Awesome_with_Gnome&diff=4299&oldid=4171
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Graña <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Daniel Graña <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:13 AM, harsha <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> you need to add awesome.desktop under /usr/share/applications/ >>> as gnome expects a desktop file in >>> /usr/share/applications matching the value in >>> desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager >>> >>> put the following into awesome.desktop >>> [Desktop Entry] >>> Version=1.0 >>> Type=Application >>> Name=Awesome >>> Comment=The awesome launcher! >>> TryExec=awesome >>> Exec=awesome >>> >> >> Do not you think that this fix the following warning message: >> gnome-session[1613]: WARNING: Unable to find provider 'awesome' of >> required component 'windowmanager' >> >> I get it after following instructions at >> http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Quickly_Setting_up_Awesome_with_Gnome >> >> This seems your approach obsoletes the creation of >> .config/autostart/awesome.desktop, that I think it is a workaround for the >> problem behind he warning message. >> >> So, if creating this .desktop file under /usr/share/applications works >> without creating the autostart desktop file (I tested it and it works >> actually), do you know what is the analogous place in home directory to add >> applications .desktop files? >> > > I found it, put the same file under ~/.local/share/applications/ > > to be clear: > > $ cat ~/.local/share/applications/awesome.desktop > >> [Desktop Entry] > >> Version=1.0 > >> Type=Application > >> Name=Awesome > >> Comment=The awesome launcher! > TryExec=awesome > Exec=awesome > > I will update this wiki page > http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Quickly_Setting_up_Awesome_with_Gnome if > noone complains. > > thanks, > Daniel > >
