On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 15:41, Birdy Complex wrote: > 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
You can do this, too, but it's safer to copy it over to your home dirctory as .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.) > If you put in "gnome-session" instead of calling a window manager explicitly, then sawfish will also get called, if you have it installed. > 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. Did you remove the line exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name from /usr/X11R6/etc/xinit/xinitrc? If so, then my bet would be that a giant xterm got saved in your gnome-session > > 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 > -- 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
