Well, it could be that your previous window manager is crashing...

What do you have in your .xinitrc?

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Alexander K. Hansen
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Stan Sanderson wrote:

> Andrew-
>
> Gnome (start-up window) reports that Sawfish is starting;
> Gnome-terminal tells me that only one window manager can run at a time
> when I enter "sawfish".
>
> I'd have to assume Sawfish (my window manager?) is running.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Stan
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 08:44  PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>
> > Here's something that just occurred to me.  I had a similar issue when
> > I
> > tried Apple X11, because my window manager never got started.  Can you
> > verify that your window manager is in fact running?
> > --
> > 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
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Stan Sanderson wrote:
> >
> >> I have not found a solution to the problem as previously posted:
> >>
> >>> Package manager version: 0.11.2
> >>> Distribution version: 0.5.1.cvs
> >>> Mac OS X version: 10.2.3
> >>> December 2002 Developer Tools
> >>> gcc version: 3.1
> >>> make version: 3.79
> >>>
> >>> Since the most recent round of updates, windows created by Gnome
> >>> applications are anchored to the upper left-hand corner (0,0) of the
> >>> screen. Furthermore, the ability to resize windows has disappeared. I
> >>> realize that by using unstable versions of the software I'm always
> >>> running a risk that things won't work, but I was wondering if someone
> >>> might have a suggestion as to what might be causing the problem.
> >>
> >> I rebuilt (yesterday) Gnome related files without success. I hoped
> >> today's Gnome updates might provide a solution, but the problem
> >> remains. The X11 patch has been applied and those files have been
> >> rebuilt also. I have been <rm -r .gnome> in between each effort.
> >>
> >> The fact that I seem to be the only one with the problem suggests I'm
> >> missing something simple. Gnome was working fine before the batch of
> >> updates prior to today's. Suggestions would be much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Stan
> >>
> >>
> >>
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