On 4/2/06, Laurence Vanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Didier Casse wrote: > > On 4/2/06, Laurence Vanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Didier - > >> > >> so would it be correct to assume you are bypassing entrance & starting > >> englightenment from gdm? > >> > > > > Yeps directly from GDM. > > > > > >> On my FC5 install the switch desktop tool doesnt do the job for > >> enlightenment, although it seems to see it. > >> > >> I would imagine that moving the pieces of X around in xorg 7 (moving it > >> to to /usr/bin) will screw up more than several things. > >> > >> > > > > just type: > > > > switchdesk enlightenment > > > > assuming that you have the package: > > switchdesk-4.0.8-4 installed. > > > > It should work. Or else edit the files ~/.Xclients and > > ~/.Xclients-default manually. You should > > alter the WMPATH to /usr/local in your case. :) > > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]:~)$ cat ~/.Xclients-default > > #!/bin/bash > > # (c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc. > > > > > > WM="enlightenment" > > WMPATH="/usr/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/local/bin" > > > > for p in $WMPATH ; do > > [ -x $p/$WM ] && exec $p/$WM > > done > > > > exit 1 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]:~)$ cat ~/.Xclients > > #! /bin/bash > > > > # Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher > > > > if [ -e "$HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ]; then > > exec $HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY > > else > > exec $HOME/.Xclients-default > > fi > > > > -- > > With kind regards, > > Didier. > > > Didier - > > attempting to switch desktops as you suggest (logged in a usr) I get: > > ======= > Red Hat Linux switchdesk 4.0 > Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Red Hat, Inc > Redistributable under the terms of the GNU General Public License > ERROR: Enlightenment is not installed on your machine! to install > Enlightenment, please type > yum install "enlightenment" > ======= > > I have /usr/local/bin in my path & I do have enlightenment installed.
Edit manually the ~/.Xclients-default and replace the actual WMPATH (if any) with: WMPATH="/usr/local/bin" You have to ensure that you ~/.Xclients point to ~/.Xclients-default. -- With kind regards, Didier. ------------ Yum/apt repository for DR17/EFL: http://sps.nus.edu.sg/~didierbe Didier F.B Casse PhD candidate, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) National University of Singapore. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
