Package: gnome-session
Version: 2.14.3-6
Problem description:
at least when neither metacity nor sawfish are installed, gnome-session
seems to use the /usr/bin/gnome-wm script to find an appropriate
window-manager.
It correctly detects an installed alternative via the link at
/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager (in my case openbox), but will launch
only enlightment and fvwm *with* session-manager information, not e.g.
openbox (see near end of the said script, lines following: "create
options OPT1 and OPT2 based on the windowmanager used"). This does not
prevent openbox from launching and becoming the wm, but (on my
configuration at least) delays the rest of the launching (gnome-panel
etc) by roughly 30s (some timeout?) during which only the WM is running.
Expected behaviour:
gnome-wm should be aware that openbox (and possibly other WMs) is
capable of cooperating with session-management, and feed it the
sm-clientID on startup. Alternatively, it should not delay the rest of
the gnome-session.
Proposed patch:
Near the end of the script /usr/bin/gnome-wm, add a "case" for openbox:
--- gnome-wm.orig 2007-03-17 12:17:02.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/gnome-wm 2007-06-19 01:37:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
OPT2=$SMID
CURRENT=fvwm
;;
+ openbox)
+ OPT1=--sm-client-id
+ OPT2=$SMID
+ CURRENT=openbox
+ ;;
esac
fi
This patch works fine for me (with the caveat that openbox only manages
one of my two screens and requires a second instance launched on ":0.1",
but that is probably unrelated and/or a problem with openbox)
Severity:
There may be a more canonical way of switching to another wm (?) than
uninstalling the default wms and trusting the /etc/alternatives
mechanism, so I leave it to others to assess the practical impact of
this bug which I ran into. Note that other window-managers might be
concerned.
Configuration information:
Debian Lenny with very few unstable packages (Pin-Priority testing:500,
unstable:50), up-to-date as of 2007-06-19
Linux kernel 2.6.18-4-486
Two-display (not Xinerama) set-up using fglrx driver on radeon9600pro
with xorg 1:7.2-3
Versions of related packages:
gconf2 2.18.0.1-3
libbonobo2-0 2.18.0-2
desktop-base 4.0.3
gnome-panel 2.14.3-5
nautilus 2.14.3-11+b1
gdm 2.16.4-1.1
more on demand...
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