Re: sawfish broken unstable dist
>>>>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:22:57 -0500, Heitzso <xxh1@cdc.gov> said:
xxh1> I'm pointing apt against both debian unstable packages and
xxh1> helix unstable packages. So the problem may be there.
xxh1> Behavior is that, if Sawfish is set to be window manager, the
xxh1> session collapses/breaks. Logging on it blinks and I get a
xxh1> login screen again. If I set 'Debian' instead of 'Sawfish' I
xxh1> get enlightenment window manager (works fine) but if I then try
xxh1> to reset to sawfish it goes belly up.
xxh1> I don't need to work with sawfish, and I suppose may make the
xxh1> most sense to drop the helix package sites.
xxh1> ==> ONE KEY QUESTION, SHOULD I BE DROPPING HELIX SITE?
Yes. For a while the helix packages were more up-to-date than the
debian ones in unstable. This is no longer true, and the debian ones
seem to work better in debian than the helix ones.
xxh1> Could someone advise and/or point me to doc on this? I run
xxh1> RedHat on another system and have been happy with Helix, so
xxh1> setup my Debian to grab Helix. This worked fine until about a
xxh1> month ago when it snapped.
xxh1> ==> WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED DEBIAN way to do this? I don't
xxh1> need to fight the river if sawfish isn't supported in Debian
xxh1> unstable.
Sawfish works fine. I use it as my one and only window manager. This
is debian sawfish not helix sawfish though.
Jim
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