>>>>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:22:57 -0500, Heitzso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
xxh1> I'm pointing apt against both debian unstable packages and xxh1> helix unstable packages. So the problem may be there. xxh1> Behavior is that, if Sawfish is set to be window manager, the xxh1> session collapses/breaks. Logging on it blinks and I get a xxh1> login screen again. If I set 'Debian' instead of 'Sawfish' I xxh1> get enlightenment window manager (works fine) but if I then try xxh1> to reset to sawfish it goes belly up. xxh1> I don't need to work with sawfish, and I suppose may make the xxh1> most sense to drop the helix package sites. xxh1> ==> ONE KEY QUESTION, SHOULD I BE DROPPING HELIX SITE? Yes. For a while the helix packages were more up-to-date than the debian ones in unstable. This is no longer true, and the debian ones seem to work better in debian than the helix ones. xxh1> Could someone advise and/or point me to doc on this? I run xxh1> RedHat on another system and have been happy with Helix, so xxh1> setup my Debian to grab Helix. This worked fine until about a xxh1> month ago when it snapped. xxh1> ==> WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED DEBIAN way to do this? I don't xxh1> need to fight the river if sawfish isn't supported in Debian xxh1> unstable. Sawfish works fine. I use it as my one and only window manager. This is debian sawfish not helix sawfish though. Jim -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://jimdres.home.mindspring.com | Linux is kewl! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach
