If you can easily get the packages you want, I'd say it's easier to just reinstall
them.
Since you didn't use the rpms, the X4 setup script has some funky xterm window and a
clock and yucky twm as a default startup. These are run in the file /etc/X11/xinitrc
Look at the end. You'll see something like:
#start some cool programs
xterm -geometry ... &
xclock &
xterm -geometry ... &
twm &
exec xterm -geometry
The exec (I believe from working with it) means that when that program closes, the X
server shuts down. So comment out all that junk, and put in:
exec gnome-session
to startup gnome. Note that your switch-desk tool won't work, as it changes a setting
in your home directory. You may want to look at the old xinitrc to see what the
redhat version did, and copy that.
Cory
On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 08:43:14PM -0800, Ben Barrett wrote:
> Wowzas, I got it! Sort of... I caught those other dirs I missed (none in
> /var, yeah, just /usr and /usr/lib and /etc)... did the XFree86 -configure
> thing still got greyscreened... but when I removed the .new from that
> XF86Config.new file, startx worked!! Now I've got some silly twm in 640.
> So, am I right to assume that all my X apps, including gdm, gnome window
> manager, panel and its settings, etc, are tucked away in that backup
> directory I renamed?? Would it be best to rebuild/reinstall those things?
>
> thanks!
>
> ben
>
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