Re: GNOME query
HM == Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: HM Query: how do I start it? I ran panel and got a nice panel. I have a /usr7doc/gnome dir with some info. README.Debian says: My .xsession file looks something like this: xsetroot -solid slategrey xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults fvwm2 exec /usr/bin/gnome-session HM Hamish (diehard fvwm2 user) You can continue useing it. See http://www.internet-treff.uni-koeln.de/~martin/shot.jpg for my fvwm2 desktop using gnome. Although I am not using gnome all the time. I noticed that moving between virtual desks (something I do quite often and fast) takes more time than without the panel running. Especially, if there are several overlapping windows. Ciao, Martin
Re: GNOME query
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 09:07:49 -0800 (PST), Gary Singleton wrote: Does icewm-gnome offer anything that icewm doesn't? I like icewm primarily for it's simplicity and apparent low resource usage. Is the gnome version just built using the gnome libraries? Exactly. There really isn't much change at all. I run icewm on my laptop and icewm-gnome on my main machine. No real difference in look or feel. - -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. - ---+- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc iQA/AwUBNwbcsHpf7K2LbpnFEQL9EQCfZHRmTPtOGepi6qLcP9gN2YAoimsAn04W DOFMZK7DHlqLLRCPUBvPwS7C =9W/a -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: GNOME query
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:00:30 -0500 (EST), William R Pentney wrote: I just installed GNOME and use it with fvwm2, and it seems to work nicely, but I haven't tried it with others yet. Am I missing out on anything? Is this a particularly bad choice? Well, AFAIK fvwm2 isn't compiled for use with Gnome. It would be like installing KDE and not using KWM. It'll work, just not with all the bells and whistles. - -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. - ---+- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc iQA/AwUBNwbc7Xpf7K2LbpnFEQLi0gCdFV3U4CtVqAWgjfv1KdVXNA2V2EMAoIcR uKF2fWIQm1qsAVE+r2eTLPOc =MhYl -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: GNOME query
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 07:30:53PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:00:30 -0500 (EST), William R Pentney wrote: Well, AFAIK fvwm2 isn't compiled for use with Gnome. It would be like installing KDE and not using KWM. It'll work, just not with all the bells and whistles. In puticular, notably: 1) Things will maximize over the panel. 2) Things won't appear in the gnome-pager applet (taskbar like). 3) Things will get icons (assuming that fvwm2 uses icons, I wouldn't know) even if you use gnome-pager. -=- James Mastros
Re: GNOME query
On 4 Apr 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: My .xsession file looks something like this: xsetroot -solid slategrey xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults fvwm2 exec /usr/bin/gnome-session Is there anything in gnome besides the gnome pager that doesn't work with the (non gnome-compliant) fvwm2 window manager? I saw a link to fvwm2gnome on the themes.org site, but the link didn't work. Is there such a project? ...RickM...
GNOME query
I'm just experimenting with GNOME -- I've never tried it before. I downloaded some of the packages from the staging area. Query: how do I start it? I ran panel and got a nice panel. Later I ran gnome-session, which told me that panel was already running and asked if I want another. I restarted everything and just ran gnome-session, and eventually I get a solid colour background and gnome-help but no panel. What's the best window manager to use to? I installed enlightment (never used this before either!) and all I get from it is a bar up the top. No default configuration? Strange. My xinitrc so far says #!/bin/bash export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin enlightenment gnome-session xterm Please help me make this do something useful. :-) thanks, Hamish (diehard fvwm2 user) -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD. CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
Re: GNOME query
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 02:25:15 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Query: how do I start it? I ran panel and got a nice panel. Later I ran gnome-session, which told me that panel was already running and asked if I want another. Gnome, uhm, isn't really started. It is a collection of libraries and an API which Gnome compliant programs use to share information. To see Gnome in action you'll most likely need to get some of the Gnome utilities. What's the best window manager to use to? I installed enlightment (never used this before either!) and all I get from it is a bar up the top. No default configuration? Strange. Personally, I prefer icewm-gnome. YMMV, however. Enlightenment is nice and flashy, but over X/VNC to my Winbox it is too slow to really be useful. Please help me make this do something useful. :-) Get some of the Gnome programs, best advice I think anyone can give you. Uhm, in dslect (dunno if you use that) look for anything which has gnome- at the start. Not quite sure how to do that with dpkg or apt. - -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. - ---+- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc iQA/AwUBNwZCrXpf7K2LbpnFEQIWJACdGjkEQPD9KWbKDLFXxsMTuoD+m/cAoOEt q6U2Xv7cqOsrqWd1txBZmL/b =F9K5 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: GNOME query
Does icewm-gnome offer anything that icewm doesn't? I like icewm primarily for it's simplicity and apparent low resource usage. Is the gnome version just built using the gnome libraries? Thanks, G.S. --- Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 02:25:15 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Query: how do I start it? I ran panel and got a nice panel. Later I ran gnome-session, which told me that panel was already running and asked if I want another. Gnome, uhm, isn't really started. It is a collection of libraries and an API which Gnome compliant programs use to share information. To see Gnome in action you'll most likely need to get some of the Gnome utilities. What's the best window manager to use to? I installed enlightment (never used this before either!) and all I get from it is a bar up the top. No default configuration? Strange. Personally, I prefer icewm-gnome. YMMV, however. Enlightenment is nice and flashy, but over X/VNC to my Winbox it is too slow to really be useful. Please help me make this do something useful. :-) Get some of the Gnome programs, best advice I think anyone can give you. Uhm, in dslect (dunno if you use that) look for anything which has gnome- at the start. Not quite sure how to do that with dpkg or apt. - -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. - ---+- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc iQA/AwUBNwZCrXpf7K2LbpnFEQIWJACdGjkEQPD9KWbKDLFXxsMTuoD+m/cAoOEt q6U2Xv7cqOsrqWd1txBZmL/b =F9K5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: GNOME query
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: What's the best window manager to use to? I installed enlightment (never used this before either!) and all I get from it is a bar up the top. No default configuration? Strange. Personally, I prefer icewm-gnome. YMMV, however. Enlightenment is nice and flashy, but over X/VNC to my Winbox it is too slow to really be useful. I just installed GNOME and use it with fvwm2, and it seems to work nicely, but I haven't tried it with others yet. Am I missing out on anything? Is this a particularly bad choice? - Bill
