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 - priority 50 <===== this line and ... > slave x-window-manager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/blackbox.1.gz > Current `best' version is /etc/X11/window-managers. <===== this line > > Could the two lines I marked above have something to do with what > happened? I tried: > HAL9000:~# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > There is only 1 program which provides x-window-manager > (/etc/X11/window-managers). Nothing to configure. > > But checking the description for blackbox it says: > HAL9000:~# grep-available -P -s Package,Provides blackbox > Package: blackbox > Provides: x-window-manager > > I'm getting more confused the more I dig into this. I can't > even figure out what package it was that put the /etc/X11/window-managers > file there to begin with. > HAL9000:~# dpkg -S /etc/X11/window-managers > dpkg: /etc/X11/window-managers not found. i believe it used to belong to xfree86-common, but i could be mistaken. > What do I need to do now to get my system straightened out as to > who is providing x-window-manager? rm /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager ln -s /usr/bin/blackbox /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager (this puts it in manual mode, don't worry about it) Also, you should file a bug against blackbox that the alternative should point to the executable. i notice the same thing on my system (i use wmaker, so i didn't notice earlier) -- finger for GPG public key.
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