On 29 Jul 2003 08:38:55 +1000
Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of the tricks is to run the gnome-session utility - replace where
> is says metacity with sawfish - logout, login; keep in mind that it will
> choke and puke a few more times until it realises that you've got a
> different wm...(really sucks, but the Gnome people have removed
> configuration ability in the hopes of everyone being happy not being
> able to configure it further...go figure that one...)
>
> Another way of doing it - and this is really a hack - is to rename
> /usr/bin/metacity to something else, and then make a link to
> /usr/bin/sawfish called /usr/bin/metacity - yeah, it's a sucky hack, but
> it does work...
>
> Bear in mind, too - Gnome will occasionally puke with Sawfish as the wm
> for whatever reason...still can't figure that one out...
Well, I don't know what happened, but while faffing about trying to
configure Gnome 2.2 and Sawfish it all came together. Nautilus is
dead, the logout button on the panel now works as intended, the
session is saved automatically, and whatever Stephen's reservations
are about Gnome 2.2 there doesn't seem to be much that affects the way
my desktop is set up. A good point is the accuracy of the save
sessions function. Until now it had always been a bit hit or miss.
All I have to do now is get it to talk PPP.
There was one odd occurrence; somewhere along the line aumix stopped
working for lcl, still OK for root. It turned out that all the
permissions in /dev/sound were 600 - had to chmod them to 666. OK
after that. (Maybe aumix is supposed to be run suid root.)
Thanks to everybody for your helpful suggestions and for putting up
with my moaning. Will make a note of your suggestions Stephen in case
of trouble later.
Cheers everybody, and long live Gnome && Mandrake.
--
Len Lawrence
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