Thanks Jeff for your time. You got it running for me. Had to select Sawmill in the Debian Menu before it would work. Sawmill I believe is the old name for Sawfish.
I still come up with large window sizes. An example is: Control Center open and click on the Screensaver option and the window goes beyond the boundaries of my monitor. I have to drag it around to get to the ok and cancel buttons. Yet Mozilla when I maximise the window it fits in the boundaries of my monitor. Question: Is there a fix for this or am I stuck with this problem? Cheers Al ----- Original Message ----- From: jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alan Shrimpton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 2:48 AM Subject: Re: Help with window manager > Alan Shrimpton wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am running GNU/Linux with Gnome but something is a miss and I hope you can > > help. > > > > I don't know what is normal but the only menu I have is by right clicking on > > the desktop and Debian menu pops up. Click on Apps for example and Apps > > menu pops out. > > > > it sounds like GNOME is using Windowmaker as it's default window manager... > > make sure you download these: > > apt-get install gnome-control-center gnome-admin gnome-network gnome-utils > gnome-sound gnome-applets gmc sawfish > > all on one line. that will download a slightly hefty but functional package of > GNOME goodies. > > using the gnome-control-center, you can tell GNOME which window manager to > use...sawfish is the 'default' choice for GNOME...and you'll find that all you > have to do is enter the name of the window manager and the command that starts > it... > > > > > > I have a WMDock in the right hand corner with XTerm, WPrefs Icons and > > another Icon with a paper clip with Main and 1 on it. > > > > I think I should have a menu on the bottom with a foot but don't have it. > > > > My questions are: > > > > 1. What desktop do I have? I think it is Gnome > > you are correct > > > > > 2. What window manager is it? I think it is Window Maker but Gnome Control > > Center under the Window Manager section has twm (current) then Window Maker > > under it. > > correct again...make sure you download the packages i mention above...use the > control center to manually add sawfish as your window manager. name: sawfish > command: sawfish and check the 'session is managed' button... > > > > > 3. Recommend a way to stop these massive windows to go beyond my screen > > boundaries? > > once you use sawfish, you'll be all set ;) > > > > > 4. Recommend another desktop or window manager to do what I want in question > > stick with GNOME...it's pretty slick... > > if you want all the bells and whistles, use KDE (big...fat) > if you want 'oldie but goodie', use FVWM or TWM > slick, and really light, Blackbox or Fluxbox > strange, but somehow nice, XFCE > > all you need to do is download these packages and edit your .xinitrc file in > your home directory. you can do a whole lot to make X look pretty with that > file. > > > > > Thanks, Al > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > good luck! > > -jeff > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
