On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:44:40AM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello, > > i just boostrapped a machine into debian to show how nice this is in > confront to suse, and am loosing some face here.... :( > > it took some time to get X to start, that part is now a little bit > solved, but now when i log in with gdm it starts up a gnome env but > without a windowmanager!!! GNOME has it's own system of deciding which WM to run, which is separate to Debian's x-window-manager alternative. /usr/share/doc/gnome-session/README.Debian explains how to configure this system. Also, if you start a window manager in GNOME, then "save session", exit, and start it again, then your window manager should start up fine. > strange thing, i configured the default windowmanager with > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager..... just to confirm it: > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > There are 3 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'. > > Selection Alternative > ----------------------------------------------- > * 1 /usr/bin/fvwm2 > 2 /usr/bin/metacity > + 3 /usr/bin/sawfish > > nevertheless even if this is ugly, on startup there's one xterm firing > up, so i typed in the windowmanager by hand... e.g. sawfish... If you choose the "Debian" session from GDM's Session menu, then whichever WM you've enabled here will be used. > surprise, the xterm, even if it seems to be emtpy (= no shell) has > actually one in it... the command responded.... Can you see what you type? > i had postponed that one, until i had a proper windowmanager installed, > but the problem remains.... all xterms are empty, even if they respond > to commands.... so i suppose that there's some additional font problem? Do other terminals work? Try running "gnome-terminal&" from these xterms and see if they show up ok. > that's all just too strange.... i use debian flawlessly since years.... > but as it seems the install procedure of debian still sucks as hell.... > > so i really would love to present something at least usable by a noob: > - login through gdm or xdm without the message there is no windowmanager If you use xdm (or GDM's Debian Session), and configure your ~/.xsession as /usr/share/doc/gnome-session/README.Debian explains, then this will work fine. Or, if you save a session running a GNOME-compliant window manager, and use GDM's default GNOME session, then it should work, too. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: BCCI Montenegro mailbomb World Trade Center Blowfish spy
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