Brad {HYPERLINK mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another important change in the xfree86-common package is that all
support for the /etc/X11/window-managers file has been removed. Window
managers should now use the alternatives system. You may want to check
that the
Quoting Brad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
This is no longer true; Xsession no longer checks
/etc/X11/window-managers at all. You've either not updated
xfree86-common to the latest version, or didn't overwrite
/etc/X11/Xsession when you did. I believe this change occurred in
3.3.6-4, but i could be
On 7 Mar 00, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:20:46PM -0800, Jim Varney wrote:
Updating my Potato system a few days ago with dselect broke my X windows. X
starts up with the herringbone and shows a single shell window and prompt.
X is working. However your
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 01:20:37AM -0600, Brad wrote:
snipped
Another important change in the xfree86-common package is that all
support for the /etc/X11/window-managers file has been removed. Window
managers should now use the alternatives system. You may want to check
that the
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 10:21:18PM -0500, Mike Werner wrote:
I checked and it is in auto. However, something puzzles me:
HAL9000:~# update-alternatives --display x-window-manager
x-window-manager - status is auto.
link currently points to /usr/bin/blackbox
/etc/X11/window-managers -
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 06:38:22PM -0800, Jim Varney wrote:
The alternatives database has no entries under x-window-manager.
Which window managers do you have installed?
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On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 12:07:10AM -0600, Brad wrote:
rm /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
ln -s /usr/bin/blackbox /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
Isn't that backwords?
$ ln --help
Usage: ln [OPTION]... TARGET [LINK_NAME]
or: ln [OPTION]... TARGET... DIRECTORY
(this puts it in
On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 12:50:20AM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote:
On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 12:07:10AM -0600, Brad wrote:
rm /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
ln -s /usr/bin/blackbox /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
Isn't that backwords?
no that is correct:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] eb]$ ln -s
Quoting Mike Werner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 01:20:37AM -0600, Brad wrote:
snipped
Another important change in the xfree86-common package is that all
support for the /etc/X11/window-managers file has been removed. Window
managers should now use the alternatives system.
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:20:46PM -0800, Jim Varney wrote:
Updating my Potato system a few days ago with dselect broke my X windows. X
starts up with the herringbone and shows a single shell window and prompt.
It never gets as far as the full desktop. I have to use cntl-alt-backspace
to
On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 06:16:36PM -0500, Mike Werner wrote:
See bug #59656 - it seems that the /etc/Xsession that gets installed
by xfree86-common 3.3.6-4 has a problem somewhere. Downgrading that
package (xfree86-common) back to 3.3.6-3 fixed it.
That bug has been reassigned to
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:20:46PM -0800, Jim Varney wrote:
Updating my Potato system a few days ago with dselect broke my X windows. X
starts up with the herringbone and shows a single shell window and prompt.
It never gets as far as the full desktop. I have to use cntl-alt-backspace
to
On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:20:46PM -0800, Jim Varney wrote:
Updating my Potato system a few days ago with dselect broke my X windows. X
starts up with the herringbone and shows a single shell window and prompt.
X is working. However your window manager or desktop (what do you
usually use?)
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