On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 05:19, William C. Ingle-Gillis wrote: > Short story: I want to run KOffice apps in XDarwin rootless with a > non-K window manager, but they don't seem to run properly. They run > just fine in KDE itself, so I know they're working. Just need to know > how / if I can tweak other WMs to run them. > > Longer version: > > Got the new Fink 0.5a installed on my Jaguar/10.2 Rev C iMac in > college. XDarwin (latest version, IIRC) was already installed. Also > had OroborOS-X onhand already. Proceeded to download xmms as a test. > Loaded up just fine with OroborOS-X running rootless, and also with > XDarwin/TWM running in fullscreen mode. > > Now the biggie: (apt-)got the full KDE bundle, got it all installed ... > and to my relief it worked the very first time, once i'd figured out how > and where to edit .xinitrc. Loads and runs a little sluggish; and must > run fullscreen (won't run rootless) -- but it does the trick by and > large. I'm delighted.
kwin runs rootless. You just have to turn off the desktop icons (under Kontrol) > > However, what I *can't* seem to do is run the KDE/QT-based apps (KWord, > for example, or KMail) on any window manager other than KDE. If I > start them in terminal (or from a fullscreen non-K WM), it's evident > that they're trying to crank up; but in the end, nothing really ever > happens, and no windows ever appear. Don't know if the programmes are > freezing as such; but in the end, I end up having to shut down XDarwin > from Aqua to make them stop.) Can anyone help? > Really? I'm able to run them from OroborOSX--I do have to minimize the menu bar because OroborOSX focuses on it rather than the application window. > My Linux box at home (Mandrake 9.0) handles this matter just fine ... > and has always done so, straight out of the box (no tweaking required). > Although I normally run KDE on the home box, if I want to run KMail > under Enlightenment or IceWM, it gives me no problems whatsoever. I > guess I just naively assumed that this would work in Darwin, too. No > such luck. > > In a perfect world, what i'd like to do is run IceWM or OroborOS-X > rootless in tandem with Aqua, so that i could have a WM with a light > footprint (i.e., better suited to an old Mac w/ slow-ish processor & > only 160mb RAM), wouldn't have to switch back and forth, but will still > have access to the KOffice apps, which I use at home. (This would also > enable me to ditch MSWord once and for all.) > > In a less than perfect world, I suppose I've got the basic functionality > required as things now stand. But if someone could give me tweaking > tips so I can get a little closer to the perfect world, I'd be very much > obliged. > > Also -- is anyone else having probs with sound on KDE? Mine doesn't > seem to like my soundcard (bog standard Rev C iMac soundcard, whatever > that is). > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: > With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility > Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel > http://hpc.devchannel.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
