On Feb13, 2011, at 3:27 PM MDT, Gary Olson wrote:
I did not know that fink had changed to a xinitrc.d method of handling X11.
After getting the MacBookPro with Snow Leopard, I have mostly used icewm, which
worked with the old .xinitrc file. When I tried to use gnome, I would get the
gnome-settings-daemon quits message and I had no window frames. Now, I have
done the following:
1. I removed the old .xinitrc file.
2. I reinstalled fink's xinitrc package, dbus (1.2.24-2), xfontpath in case
there had been a problem.
3. I installed a $HOME/.xinitrc.d directory as there was none after reinstall
of xinitrc package.
4. As discussed in
http://finkers.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/finks-xinitrc-gnome-and-kde/ I created
a /sw/etc/xinitrc-last-hook file with:
#!/bin/sh
. /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/98-user.sh
in it.
5. I created a $HOME/.xinitrc.d/zzz-gnome-session.sh file with the following:
#!/bin/sh
. /sw/bin/init.sh
metacity &
exec gnome-session
When I use the above file in 5. the gnome-settings-daemon still quits, and I
still have no window frames. If I comment out the metacity and exec
gnome-session lines and exec icewm-session instead, the the icewm window
manager works fine. Therefore, my xinitrc package setup must be working fine
now. After the gnome-settings-deamon quits, if I now try to access Appearances
from System in Gnome it fails to load and says that perhaps something like dbus
is not correct or a kde-settings manager is running. I reinstalled dbus, and I
presently have no kde files installed at all. I dropped kde altogether when I
got the MacBookPro, and kde would not support a 64-bit system. Of course, my
gnome setup has not worked since then either. Could my problem with gnome be
because of the 64-bit system? If not, does anyone have any other suggestions?
I could reinstall bundle-gnome. I did that when I first had problems on this
machine, but I could do it again if no one has any other suggestions. Thanks
for any help.
Gary K Olson
On Feb 13, 2011, at 9:34 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
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> On 2/12/11 10:07 PM, Gary K Olson wrote:
>> When I start gnome-session, gnome-settings-daemon quits. Apples X11 loads
>> as does gnome, but the windows are not within window frames, so windows can
>> not be moved. The desktop is crippled. Does anyone else have or had this
>> problem? Any help would be appreciated. I do not know whether I have every
>> package that I need of gnome installed or this is simply a new problem. I
>> do have bundle-gnome v.2.20.0-1 installed. I am running intel 64-bit on a
>> MacBookPro. My kit is as follows:
>>
>> Apple X11 (version for Snow Leopard) v.2.3.6
>> OSX 10.6.6
>> i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5664)
>> Xcode 3.2.5
>> Package manager version: 0.29.19
>> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sat Feb 12 14:19:24 2011, 10.6, x86_64
>>
>> Hopefully, this is a problem that has already been solved. Thanks for any
>> help.
>>
>> Gary K Olson
>>
>
> I think the gnome-settings-daemon issue and your unframed windows are
> separate issues.
>
> gnome-session no longer starts a window manager. You also to have to
> start that,
> e.g. via
>
> exec metacity &
> gnome-session
>
> in your .xinitrc file. Though that's deprecated, cf.
>
> http://finkers.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/finks-xinitrc-gnome-and-kde/
>
> (which is going to get transferred to the "Running X11" document soon)
>
> If you're starting gnome-session from a terminal, then the issue is less
> clear, since I though Apple's window manager was somewhat OK for GNOME.
> - --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
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