I decided that my problem with the gnome-settings-daemon had to be either a config problem which I could not find, or more likely a bad compile in some file. Therefore I trashed my /sw file and started all over. Now, we have the option of compiling any 64-bit programs and using a 32-bit for everything else. I don't remember that option when I built fink on this machine in November 2009. Well, a couple of days later I have a working Gnome system, and there does not seem to be any problems. I did find that running rootless did not seem to work correctly. I get failures with alerts like: The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID_WindowList Applet" as well as several others of like nature having to do with windows. As I said, I am not having any problems with the full screen gnome-session.
On Feb 13, 2011, at 9:34 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2/12/11 10:07 PM, Gary K Olson wrote: >> When I start gnome-session, gnome-settings-daemon quits. Apples X11 loads >> as does gnome, but the windows are not within window frames, so windows can >> not be moved. The desktop is crippled. Does anyone else have or had this >> problem? Any help would be appreciated. I do not know whether I have every >> package that I need of gnome installed or this is simply a new problem. I >> do have bundle-gnome v.2.20.0-1 installed. I am running intel 64-bit on a >> MacBookPro. My kit is as follows: >> >> Apple X11 (version for Snow Leopard) v.2.3.6 >> OSX 10.6.6 >> i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664) >> Xcode 3.2.5 >> Package manager version: 0.29.19 >> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sat Feb 12 14:19:24 2011, 10.6, x86_64 >> >> Hopefully, this is a problem that has already been solved. Thanks for any >> help. >> >> Gary K Olson >> > > I think the gnome-settings-daemon issue and your unframed windows are > separate issues. > > gnome-session no longer starts a window manager. You also to have to > start that, > e.g. via > > exec metacity & > gnome-session > > in your .xinitrc file. Though that's deprecated, cf. > > http://finkers.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/finks-xinitrc-gnome-and-kde/ > > (which is going to get transferred to the "Running X11" document soon) > > If you're starting gnome-session from a terminal, then the issue is less > clear, since I though Apple's window manager was somewhat OK for GNOME. > - -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk1YCBAACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ/VBgCgjtAh6+PleRtB7Pjiv3XZmC7i > B34An0KcdDC0S9LjGhY+KDAOOMGs8Izo > =/3bF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
