Hers what I get from ls -ld $HOME: drwxr-xr-x+ 161 rmiles staff 5474 Jun 24 15:35 /Users/rmiles On Jun 24, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > That's a user-level directory, which is _not_ installed by Fink. > dot-directories and dotfiles are often created automatically by the > application which uses them--if not then one copies a system version to > create them. > > I moved $HOME/.config on my system just now, and when I started GNOME > metacity created a new one for me. So it sounds like something really > wild is going on. I'm still totally mystified as to why you have to run > quartz-wm first. > > I've got the following couple of ideas: > > 1) Without X11 running, try just running 'metacity' from a terminal and > see if any error messages pop up--either in the terminal or in the > console logs (e.g. via Console.app). You don't need to change your > startup stuff--it will just complain about a window manager running > already. > > Also check to see if $HOME/.config is created. > > 2) You might have some funky permissions. What do you get from "ls -ld > $HOME" ? > > - -- > Alexander Hansen > Fink User Liaison > > > On 6/24/10 6:39 PM, Richard Miles wrote: >> I did what you said, but the .config metacity directory was not created. I >> can not run metacity btw. I have to use quart-wm. I have in my startup >> script metacity —replace& >> >> On Jun 24, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Robert Wyatt wrote: >> >>> I would guess either: >>> fink reinstall metacity >>> or >>> fink install metacity-setup >>> should do it. >>> >>> Have you tried either of these? >>> --Robert >>> >>> Richard Miles wrote: >>>> I am on 10.6.4 and have mistakenly erased the metacity .config directory. >>>> How can I have this file rebult? >>>> >>>> Richard E. Miles >>>> [email protected] >>> >> >> Richard E. Miles >> [email protected] >> >> >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkwj8cAACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ8kmQCdGleEFve7N9ebz+TYp3O5QBxJ > WjYAn29/3UnN5Qz6u2IuGoJr8Gau3wYm > =qqQ7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Richard E. Miles [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
