Perhaps. Is there a Linux distro that's more XMonad friendly? Michael
--- On Mon, 1/18/10, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Having a look at XMonad window manager To: "michael rice" <nowg...@yahoo.com> Cc: "Don Stewart" <d...@galois.com>, haskell-cafe@haskell.org Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 4:26 PM Oh, is Fedora still using a version of GDM that doesn't let you use a custom .Xsession (or even remember that you want to use something that isn't called "Gnome")? michael rice <nowg...@yahoo.com> writes: > Well, for starters the Fedora entry for installing XMonad is blank/empty: > http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Installing_xmonad#Fedora > > Some things I've done: > > I set up a .xmonad directory in my home directory with this xmonad.hs > > [mich...@localhost ~]$ cat ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs > -- > -- An example, simple ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file. > -- It overrides a few basic settings, reusing all the other defaults. > -- > > import XMonad > > main = xmonad $ defaultConfig > { borderWidth = 2 > , terminal = "urxvt" > , normalBorderColor = "#cccccc" > , focusedBorderColor = "#cd8b00" } > > [mich...@localhost ~]$ > > I set up a .xsession directory in my home directory with this in it > > [mich...@localhost ~]$ cat .xsession > export WINDOW_MANAGER="/usr/bin/xmonad" > exec gnome-session > > [mich...@localhost ~]$ > > Because supposedly X doesn't even check .xsession file without having > xorg-x11-xinit-session installed, I also downloaded that. > > I set up a XMonad.desktop file in /usr/share/applications directory > > [mich...@localhost ~]$ cat /usr/share/applications/Xmonad.desktop > [Desktop Entry] > Type=Application > Encoding=UTF-8 > Name=Xmonad > # change this path according to your xmonad binary > Exec=/usr/bin/xmonad > NoDisplay=true > X-GNOME-WMName=Xmonad > X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=XMonad > X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=xmonad > X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general > X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=WindowManager > X-GNOME-Provides=windowmanager > X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true > [mich...@localhost ~]$ > > I added /usr/bin/xmonad to startup applications. > > All these things were suggested. > > Michael > > --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Don Stewart <d...@galois.com> wrote: > > From: Don Stewart <d...@galois.com> > Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Having a look at XMonad window manager > To: "michael rice" <nowg...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "Ivan Lazar Miljenovic" <ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com>, > haskell-cafe@haskell.org > Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 3:30 PM > > nowgate: >> I'd already found a lot of these links and tried some of their suggestions, >> without any success. Does anyone who posts here actually use it (what >> platform)? > > What's the problem exactly? > > -- Don > > > > -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic ivan.miljeno...@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com
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