Re: no window manager, no x-terminal, after installing task-gnome
- To: Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net>
- Cc: "Karl M. Hegbloom" <karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com>, debian-boot@lists.debian.org, "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <shaleh@valinux.com>, debian-x@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: no window manager, no x-terminal, after installing task-gnome
- From: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:35:38 -0500
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20000304153538.A4586@ecn.purdue.edu>
- Mail-followup-to: Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net>, "Karl M. Hegbloom" <karlheg@bittersweet.inetarena.com>, debian-boot@lists.debian.org, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shaleh@valinux.com>, debian-x@lists.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 87k8jioax2.fsf@potato.hanchrow.org>; from offby1@blarg.net on Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 10:19:37AM -0800
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On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 10:19:37AM -0800, Eric Hanchrow wrote:
> Branden> twm uses the Debian menu system. From the twm main menu
> Branden> (left mouse button on the root window), try
> Branden> "Debian->Xshells" and then whichever installed terminal
> Branden> emulator you want.
>
> That doesn't work -- the menu lists only
>
> Iconify
> Resize
> Move
> Raise
> Lower
>
> Focus
> Unfocus
> Show Iconmgr
> Hide Iconmgr
>
> Kill
> Delete
>
> Restart
> Exit
Then you are not using the defaul tsystem.twmrc that ships with the twm
package (or you have a very old version of the package).
Please try twm 3.3.6-1 or later.
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