On 7/13/06, Andrew Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > > > On 7/13/06, Andrew Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Running gnome either with gnome-session or gnome-panel starts up > >> gnome, but there are no apps in the applications menu or any way to > >> access the control panel. What do I need to do to have a fully > >> functional gnome? I installed it with bundle-gnome. > >> > > > > Remind us what version of, say, gnome-panel you've installed. There > > has been a long-standing issue with the version in the unstable tree > > not having menu support due to to issues with collisions between the > > GNOME menu and KDE menu. These are gradually being resolved, but > > since GNOME hasn't had a "full-time" maintainer for a while so > > progress has been somewhat slowed. > > > 2.6.2-1027. If I need to pull something from the stable tree to fix > this, please remind me of what I need to do without having to change > my fink.conf file. Or should I just install kde? Is it maintained > better? > > Actually, what I would like is for something to behave like Apple's > X11 – I would only use terminal.app and really couldn't see much > different from x apps and Mac apps. I don't really need a full > desktop environment. > > I had all of this Xwindows stuff figured out a few years ago, but > forgot most of it when Apple released theirs. > >
You might consider one of the window managers that has a -rootless option then. I personally use quartz-wm with Xorg (but that requires you to have access to your install media again) > > >> On Jul 12, 2006, at 4:04 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >> > >> > On 7/12/06, Alexander K. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> >> On 7/12/06, Andrew Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > I've got gnome up and running under xfree86. What I would > >> like is > >> >> > something that is rootless and functional like Apple's X11. > >> Is it > >> >> > even possible to run gnome rootless? I set the xdarwin option to > >> >> > rootless. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> "fink info bundle-gnome" suggests running gnome-panel rather than > >> >> gnome-session for rootless mode. (GNOME doesn't have the "turn > >> off > >> >> desktop" button that KDE does) > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > Also, how do I get X apps to use my browser of choice. For > >> example: > >> >> > in pan I selected the 'pan homepage' in a menu and nothing > >> >> happened. > >> >> > Is there a config file I need to tell it to use camino or > >> will such > >> >> > options only work with a browser running X? > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> I believe they want a browser that's a single executable file, > >> rather > >> >> than a bundle (like an OS X .app). There are ways around this, > >> e.g. > >> >> via AppleScript. A simple alternative option is that if Camino is > >> >> set > >> >> to be your default browser, then you should be able to set your > >> >> browser to be the "open" command. > >> >> > >> > > >> > A bit quick on the button there: > >> > > >> > Since "open" will try to use the default browser to open a URL, in > >> > this case Camino will be used. Other people may get Safari, > >> Firefox, > >> > etc., depending on their own default browser setting. > > -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
