Re: windows fixed on upper panel (cannot be moved or resized)
On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 05:59:25PM +0200, Ulrich Grün wrote:
> I have installed debian 2.2 with X_4.0.1 (the original X-server refused to
> connect because of some errno=111).
>
Which one ? (It dowsn't matter anymore, anyway ...)
> My problem is, that all the windows are fixed on the upper panel on the
> left-above corner (that is: the window title is not visible).
> I cannot resize the window, nor can I make a window come to lay on top by
> clicking with the mouse on that window (I have to use the icon on the lower
> panel)
> How can I change that, resulting in a freely movable window?
>
It looks like your window manager did not start when you started the X session.
If one of the 'fixed' window is an terminal emulator, type in the command
to start the window manager (sawmill&, sawfish&, or whatever you have) and
you will be able to move and iconize window, at least for current session.
To fix this permanently, you should do one of the folleoings:
a) Insert in the x startup file the command to start the window manager.
This file would be .xinitrc if you start X with 'startx' command,
.xsession if you have a session manager ( xdm, wdm or gdm ).
b) Use a login manager which starts a window manager for you ( like
wdm or gdm ).
c) Use a session manager which remembers what you started and starts it
again (like gnome-session. With gnome, after you started manually
the window manager, you should logout ionce by selectiong the option
'Save current setup', in the logout pop-up window ).
> Furthermore, I only have the SawFish windowmanager.
>
Debian cames with many flavours of window-manager or desktop envirement
(KDE will be included in standard distro in the next release, but you can
find it somewhere in the Net also for the current one [see other posts in
this mailing list])
Just use dselect or apt-get to install whichever you like better.
> Because I'm new to Debian, things are a bit more confusing to me.
>
Most of the above is not debian-specific, though other distros may make
things more easy for users not aware of what is going under the hood.
Enjoy your Debian :-)
Ciao
--
FB
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