On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, John Demboski wrote: > Hello Fink-beginners, > <snip> > Xterm window etc. to run but my problem is that I can't get Sawfish > (and eventually GNOME) to run. I guess I need to override the start-up > of the default window manager that comes packaged with xfree86? To do > this I am guessing that I need to edit the .init file for xDarwin? or > is there some other way? <snip> > Any help with also getting GNOME to run would be appreciated. > > thanks in advance > John Demboski
What I did to solve this problem was to edit the following file: /usr/X11R6/etc/xinit/xinitrc I changed the line "twm &" to "sawfish &". Now, instead of XDarwin starting up using twm, it starts up using Sawfish. Gnome now starts up using Sawfish as well (before, it used to complain that I already had a window manager, and it'd start using twm again. I'd have to reset sawfish as the wm every time.) This xinitrc file also lets you change the initial windows. XDarwin always started up with a too-large terminal window; you can change this window's size within xinitrc. Fink must have its own xinitrc hidden somewhere, b/c Gnome still starts up with the too-large terminal window. hth, Complex ------------------------------------------------------- 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
