Jim, I am a similar user as you describe yourself. I got GNOME running, but never in a way, that I would have said that is good enough for the users to be the default (problems, like some exit buttons shut only GNMOE, but not the WM down...). Although I have to admit, that I never tried for a day or so to solve this problem as good as possible. I had the impression, that the Debian GNMOE integration is simply not yet ready for me.
Thus I give the users (via wdm) no the choice between windowmaker KDE fvwm (maybe also icewm). --Rainer. > > Rainer - > > I have been running Linux, X windows, and Debian for several years, > but I was not able to get Gnome running. I, too, seemed to be lacking > something critical. Did you get any responses to your posting? (I > don't think there were any in the mailing list archives.) Did you > ever figure it out? > > - Jim Van Zandt > > > >cc: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:30:35 +0200 > >From: Rainer Dorsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Resent-From: [email protected] > >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2661 > > > > > >I installed a new potato system and, frankly, I am somewhat disappointed > >about > >the GNOME situation (although the rest of the system works excellent). It > >might be, that it is only a matter of missing documentation. > > > >What I did: > > > >I selected > > > >Gnome Apps > >Gnome Desktop > >Gnome Games > >Gnome Net > > > >during a simple installation. > > > >What happend (after setting up X, ...): > > > >1. xdm started. When logging in, TWM started. No sign of GNOME > >2. I decided to install gdm instead of xdm. Maybe it is easier to start > >GNOME > >with gdm > >3. GNOME started (panel) but NO window manager started > >4. I started wmaker using the Control Center of GNOME > >5. Logged out, logged in. GNOME and wmaker started. But now wmaker placed > >its > >icons over the GNOME panel. > >6. Searched for documentation: dhelp: misc/GNOME FAQ/ Not Debian specific > >documentation > >7. Search /usr/doc > >8. Found /usr/doc/gnome-core/README.Debian: > >The previous maintainers' .xsession file looked something like this: > >-- > >xsetroot -solid slategrey & > >xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults > >fvwm2 & > >exec /usr/bin/gnome-session > >9. No change at all > >10. Writting this email now (and being close to adding > >deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde contrib > >to /etc/apt/sources.list) > > > >Hopefully I only missed a single line somewhere, which avoids all the > >trouble > >for others. > > > >I just added Coolo, to show him that many Debian users might appreciate his > >work. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Rainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
