On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 13:29 +0000, DR GM SEDDON wrote: > Hi, > Previously I have always used windowmaker as my desktop, however this > does not start my applications on Gentoo. When I try and start an > app. nothing happens; no error. Also when I double click the desktop > conf icon it turns white and nothing happens but wmaker starts ok. So > rather than worry about fixing this I thought I'd try anew. > try removing your ~/Gnustep directory. Next you can try to use a menu generator to help you find new apps emerge genmenu then run it. If nothing of this help you try to run a random app in a terminal then figure the error.
> I like desktops that don't have a Ms look and when I minimise it > produces an icon not adding to a taskbar. Can anyone recommend a > good/best one. You can try xfce4( CDE look and feel), fluxbox or another *box wm, ion is a great WM(a wonderful concept imo) or enlightenment. All these wm are available in portage. A good resource to wm is http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ and of course http://forums.gentoo.org. -- Luis Medinas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dev.gentoo.org/~metalgod Gentoo Linux Developer: AMD64,Printing,Media-Optical,Xmms -- [email protected] mailing list
