On 7/22/11 3:14 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
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> On 7/22/11 5:39 PM, Richard Miles wrote:
>> On 7/22/11 9:38 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
>>> On 22/07/11 15:59, Richard Miles wrote: []
>>>> Then how do I trigger X to run? [Scripts are in ~/.xinitrc.d
>>>> directory]
>>> What's wrong with the X11 in /usr/X11 that comes with the system?
>>> It is based on Xquartz 2.3.6 and works quite well.
>>>
>> It does not run the .xinitrc.d/99-wm.sh correctly.  It does not let
>> any window manager but xquartz-wm to run. For gnome I have in that
>> shell: say "gnome"&  icewm&
>> /sw/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon&  test -r
>> /sw/bin/gnome-session&&  exec /sw/bin/gnome-session
>>
>> If i choose the xterm from X11 I can run gnome-session&  and it will
>>   start gnome up. It ignors icewm. The window manager is xquartz-wm
>> though.
>>
> Apple's X11 server historically hasn't processed user startup settings,
> including your Fink environment.  You don't have a ". /sw/bin/init.sh"
> at the beginning of that script, and you're not using "/sw/bin/icewm&".
>
> Try one or the other of those options.
>
> Perhaps Xquartz handles what gets inherited from the user's environment
> differently.
> - -- 
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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Yes I have . /sw/init.sh at the beginning of the script. I just showed 
the gnome section of that script. There are other window manager 
startups all using a case statement. the script is long so I did not 
show the total script.

-- 
Richard Miles


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