There was an earlier thread about an identical problem running KDE in rootless mode. I don't remember if they installed it via apt-get or from source.
Were you able run ICEwm and fvwm in rootless mode? There was a question in the prior thread from Torrey Lyons at XonX about whether other window managers worked OK. On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 19:04, William C. Ingle-Gillis wrote: > > > Now the biggie: (apt-)got the full KDE bundle, got it all installed ... > > > and to my relief it worked the very first time, once i'd figured out how > > > and where to edit .xinitrc. Loads and runs a little sluggish; and must > > > run fullscreen (won't run rootless) -- but it does the trick by and > > > large. I'm delighted. > > > > kwin runs rootless. You just have to turn off the desktop icons (under > > Kontrol) > > already did that, actually. no joy. gets the same error. KDE starts > to run, and then packs up at (i think) the fifth 'ball'. > > > > > > > > However, what I *can't* seem to do is run the KDE/QT-based apps (KWord, > > > for example, or KMail) on any window manager other than KDE. > > > Really? I'm able to run them from OroborOSX--I do have to minimize the > > menu bar because OroborOSX focuses on it rather than the application > > window. > > hmmm. curiouser and curiouser. no such luck here. tried running > enlightenment, IceWM and FVWM, in addition to OroborOS-X, and none of > them would seem to get past the start-up stage for the K-specific stuff. > is there some way I could set up XDarwin to run kwin independently of > the larger KDE setup, as presumably that would run the KOffice apps(?), > and would meet my requirements of rootless & a small footprint on my > elderly machine. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: > With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility > Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel > http://hpc.devchannel.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
