Re: Is gnome built on top of twm?
Foss User <fossist@gmail.com> wrote:
>Please see the following output I generated from Squeeze.
>
>$ aptitude why twm
>i gnome Depends gnome-desktop-environment (= 1:2.24.3~2)
>i A gnome-desktop-environment Depends gdm (>= 2.20.9)
>i A gdm Depends gnome-session |
>x-session-manager | x-window-manager | x-terminal-emulator
>i twm Provides x-window-manager
>
>1. It shows that twm was installed because gdm needs a window manager
>and twm is one such window manager. Does it mean that gnome is
>dependent on twm?
>
>2. Is it possible to run gnome with some other window manager?
>
>3. I am unable to see any twm process in the ps listing. Why?
>
>4. Can someone share the equivalent 'aptitude why' output from a
>system running KDE?
Judging from the output of my system, I think "aptitude why" merely
prints out reason why a package *could* be installed. Check with
"dpkg -l | grep twm" if twm actually is installed. The above works
well also with metacity, sawfish or whatever else (see: aptitude show
x-window-manager).
This would also explain why you're not seeing any twm running -
simply because it ain't installed :).
Greetings,
Claudius
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