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RE: Getting to Gnome



> Found one answer to my question.  O'Reilly's "Learning Debian GNU/Linux"
> got me there.  The book suggested backing up the existing
> /etc/X11/Xsession and replacing it with:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> xterm &
> gmc&
> window-manager-of-choice &
> panel
> exit 0
> 
> I did that, substituting /usr/bin/sawfish for window-manager-of-choice.  I
> have to admit, after having looked at the original /etc/X11/Xsession I
> certainly had doubts if something so simple could work.  Now I need to go
> back and understand the original Xsession and what it is really doing.  I
> would also like to try the ~/.xinitrc suggested by Carlo in his reply to
> my original post.  And it may just all come down to the fact that there
> are a number of ways to skin the same cat.  I just don't like the feeling
> that I'm trying stuff "blind" - even if it seems to work.
> 
> -rick
> 

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