SuSE and Gnome 1.0

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2 total messages Started by Boxal Suisse SA Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00

#22577

Author: Boxal Suisse SA
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00

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Hi
I'm new in the linux world.
I have a little problem.When I try to start Gnome on my pc it run fvwm2 !!!
I have try with startx, startx gnome and startx gnomewm but it is always
fvwm2 as windows manager.

Any idea ?
thank you
Marcel

Re: SuSE and Gnome 1.0

#22589

Author: Dominik Fretz
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00

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Boxal Suisse SA wrote:
> 
> Hi
> I'm new in the linux world.
> I have a little problem.When I try to start Gnome on my pc it run fvwm2 !!!
> I have try with startx, startx gnome and startx gnomewm but it is always
> fvwm2 as windows manager.
> 
> Any idea ?
> thank you
> Marcel

hi

GNOME isn't a windowmanager. it is a desktop envirement like KDE.
the standard windowmanager for GNOME is enlightement. 
but if you wan't, you can use fvmw2 with GNOME.

to use GNOME you have to add some lines to your ~/.xinitrc.
if you have the suse distribution. its better to rename your old
.xinitrc and make a new oune.
I don't no RedHat or other distributions. but if there is a lot in
.xinitrc, its better too to rename it and make a newone.

her is an example for a .initrc:

/usr/local/gnome/enlightenment/bin/enlightenment &  
exec /usr/local/gnome/bin/gnome-session

the first line starts the windowmanager and put it in the background.
the second line starts the programm gnome-session. 
this ist the main programm of gnome. it starts all the other programs.

hop that helps

Dominik Fretz

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