Andy DISPLAYMANAGER="E17" not DESKTOP="E17" was the culprit.
Thanks for the link Steve On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 22:33 -0700, Andrew Grimberg wrote: > 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? 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