Steven, You might want to take a look at the instructions available here: http://sps.nus.edu.sg/~didierbe/share/setup_entrance_fc4.txt for CentOS as Cent 4.3 most closely resembles FC4 and not FC5.
-Andy- On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 23:53 -0500, Steven H. Smith wrote: > Yes, actually I did look at Greg's suggestions. Your thread is what > spurred me to try and act on the entrance issue. > > CentOS is a free binary distribution of freely available Red Hat EL > source. So I thought your FC solutions may help, but no such luck. FC > is more bleeding edge. CentOS is still using X116. > > Thanks > > SHS > > On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 23:21 -0500, Laurence Vanek wrote: > > Steven H. Smith wrote: > > > Can anyone point me to a solution for running entrance on CentOS release > > > 4.3? > > > > > > I've changed: > > > > > > /etc/sysconfig/desktop to reflect DESKTOP="E17" > > > > > > /etc/X11/prefdm to reflect > > > > > > elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = E17 ]; then > > > preferred=/usr/local/sbin/entranced > > > > > > > > > > > > but no entrance on start. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > SHS > > > > > Im not familiar with your O/S but did you try Greg Kriehn's suggestions, > > perhaps they will help. We > > are dealing with FC5 where X is at /usr/bin/X & the Xsession file > > resides in /etc/X11/xinit Is that your case? > > > > from Greg's post: > > > > > BACKGROUND: > > >>>> > > >>>> 1.) Configuration for /etc/entrance_config.cfg > > >>>> > > >>>> Currently, entrance is setup for a system that still uses X11R6 from > > >>>> "X.org" instead of the new X11R7 files. You can check this with the > > >>>> following command: > > >>>> > > >>>> sudo ecore_config -c /etc/entrance_config.cfg -a > > >>>> > > >>>> Look at the last line. If will say: > > >>>> > > >>>> /entranced/xserver string "/usr/X11R6/bin/X -quiet -nolisten tcp > > >>>> vt7" > > >>>> > > >>>> Because of this, entrance will not launch successfully. It certainly > > >>>> tries, as can be verified by checking your /var/log/messages file, but > > >>>> fails because "X.org" uses X11R7 under FC5. Notice the release notes > > >>>> of > > >>>> Fedora Core 5. See the third point, in particular. > > > ----- > > >>>> > > >>>> As you know, this has caused many headaches for people (including > > >>>> myself), because developers for particular packages have not had time > > >>>> to > > >>>> change their source code before the release of FC5. Specific to > > >>>> entrance, notice that it looks for "X" in "/usr/X11R6/bin" instead of > > >>>> in > > >>>> "/usr/bin", where everything is now installed. But this can easily be > > >>>> fixed. Simply run the command: > > >>>> > > >>>> sudo ecore_config -c /etc/entrance_config.cfg -k /entranced/xserver > > >>>> -s "usr/bin/X -quiet -nolisten tcp vt7" > > >>>> > > >>>> Now run: > > >>>> > > >>>> sudo ecore_config -c /etc/entrance_config.cfg -a > > >>>> > > >>>> The last line should now say: > > >>>> > > >>>> /entranced/xserver string "usr/bin/X -quiet -nolisten tcp vt7" > > >>>> > > >>>> You are now capable of running entrance in FC5. But only if > > >>>> the /etc/entrance_config.cfg file is not changed again. It would be > > >>>> good to set this up so that when entrance is installed on FC5, it > > >>>> points > > >>>> to the proper directory automatically. > > > > > 2.) Location of the Xsession file. > > >>>> > > >>>> Previously in FC4, "Xsession" could be found in only one location: > > >>>> "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession". With FC5, things have gotten a bit more > > >>>> complicated. There are now two locations: "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession" and > > >>>> "/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession". Both "gdm" and "kdm" (when launching a > > >>>> gnome > > >>>> or kde session, respectively) are pointed to look at > > >>>> "/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession", which is where the old "Xsession" file from > > >>>> FC4 is now located (with some minor changes). "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession" > > >>>> contains a new file that is specific to only "xdm" and is very sparse. > > >>>> However, when entrance launches an enlightenment session, it still > > >>>> looks > > >>>> for configuration info in "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession", not > > >>>> "/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession". Check "/var/log/messages" to verify this. > > >>>> For enlightenment, this causes problems because dbus (the messagebus > > >>>> daemon) information will not be configured due to the major differences > > >>>> between the two files, among other things. > > >>>> > > >>>> Theoretically, we could just copy "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession" to > > >>>> "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession.bak" and then force a soft link from > > >>>> "/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession" to "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession", but this is a > > >>>> hack, and a poor one at that. It would be much better to have entrance > > >>>> set up so that it looks at "/etc/X11/xinit/Xsession" instead for FC5. > > >>>> Then entrance and enlightenment can both be launched properly. > > >>>> > > >>>> Can one of the developers perhaps update the "configure" script for > > >>>> entrance to reflect the new changes so that it will work robustly with > > >>>> both X11R6 and X11R7? > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing > list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
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