Re: Another upgrade glitch
For your information.
My potato install from scratch don't contain the
/etc/X11/window-managers file.
So that file is problably not used by potato.
Regards,
/Karl
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$ ls -l /etc/X11
total 283
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Sep 15 10:50 WindowMaker
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root users 17 Sep 19 09:55 XF86Config -> XF86Config.1100p+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19671 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.1024
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17663 May 31 21:36 XF86Config.1100p+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18583 May 31 21:33 XF86Config.1100p+.~1~
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19671 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.1280
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18583 May 22 03:26 XF86Config.445Xpro
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21213 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.445Xpro.~1~
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21203 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.640
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21213 Jun 5 11:12 XF86Config.800
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21213 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.800.~1~
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21213 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.dell
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8934 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.hp71
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21213 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.samsung
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21213 May 22 00:44 XF86Config.slow
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 564 Mar 14 2000 Xmodmap
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 27 18:16 Xresources
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 243 Jun 27 22:08 Xserver
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 243 May 21 21:10 Xserver.~1~
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3471 Jul 20 18:33 Xsession
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 235 Mar 14 2000 Xsession.options
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 May 21 21:02 fonts
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 15 10:50 fvwm
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Sep 15 10:50 fvwm95
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jan 19 2000 wm-common
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 15 15:04 xdm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 May 21 21:12 xfs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 27 18:16 xinit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 27 18:16 xserver
From: nveber@primusolutions.net
Subject: Re: Another upgrade glitch
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:14:02 -0400
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 05:46:04AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > I just discovered another glitch in my recent Ultra upgrade. I recompiled
> > the kernel to set up a gateway, and when I rebooted my old X configuration
> > went away. Instead of wmaker as my window manager, I now have fvwm
> > instead. I was asked no questions about this during the upgrade, and can't
> > quite figure out what happened.
> >
> > /etc/X11/window-managers says:
> >
> > /usr/bin/X11/wmaker
> > /usr/bin/X11/fvm95
> > /usr/bin/X11/icewm
> > /usr/bin/X11/afterstep
> >
> > wmaker _is_ installed, but instead of my pretty desktop I get the funky
> > virtual desktop of fvwm, after a complaint that there is no init file.
> >
> > Anybody know what happened? More to the point, how do I fix this to get
> > back my desired desktop?
>
> I noticed that we now have an /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
>
> That might be pointing to the wrong location on your system..
>
>
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