[expert] Window Managers and Locale Settings
Hello List,
I have tried twice to post this - third time lucky, I hope.
I have two problems which I think may be related. First, I cannot run any window
manager but
KDE. If I select any other at the login screen the system cycles for a while and
returns to
KDE. I would like to run BlackBox.
Second, if I try to run /usr/sbin/fndSession I get the following error:
perl: warning: Please check your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en"
LC_ALL = "en"
LANG = "en"
are supported and installed on your system
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C")
(This message is repeated three times.)
I have reinstalled the locale base and En(glish) rpms. I have checked all locale
files on
the system against another running LM7.0, as I do. I can find no indication on either
system
of any locale settings or where I should be checking them other than in KDE Control
Centre
where under Language, Locale tab, the settings for First, Second and Third read
-English -US(en) and under Applications, Login Manager, Language tab it reads Language
English -US(en).
I have a suspicion that the locale error in /usr/sbin/fndSession is related to the
failure to start any window managers other than KDE but cannot figure out how to solve
either
of them. i hope someone may be able to assist. TIA.
--
Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566
Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539
[expert] Window Managers don't work (fwd)
- Forwarded message from Dennis Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 23:04:01 +1000 From: Dennis Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Expert List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Window Managers don't work Reply-To: Dennis Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mail-Followup-To: Expert List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i Hello List, I reinstalled LM7.0 a few weeks ago and have just tried to use blackbox and windowmaker without success. When I select them at the login screen the system thinks for a while and then cycles back to kde. If I try from the console I get a message to the effect of a failure to start the x server. I have reinstalled blackbox from the cd with no luck. After the reinstall of LM7.0 I did cull some items from kpackage but am reasonably confident I did no harm. I reinstalled my backup .blackboxrc and reinstated /usr/share/Blackbox/menu which was missing (maybe part of the problem). Can anyone assist me in recovering this situation, please. TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539 - End forwarded message - -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539
Re: [expert] Window Managers
chunnuan chen wrote: > > You need to back up and restore those files under /etc/X11/xdm because > those files seem not to be installed by XFee86-4.0 but needed by kdm for > different window managers. > Chunnuan > > Dennis Robertson wrote: > > > Hello List, > > As a consequence of installing XFree86 4.0 I have lost the link from the > > window manager selections on the login screen to the various window > > managers. Perhaps I shouldn't have answered yes to all the overwrite > > questions during the install of 4.0. No matter what I select I get > > KDE. KDE is the only entry in a new file /etc/sysconfig/desktop. (This > > file doesn't appear in 3.3.6.) > > Can anyone tell me how to repair the login screen, please? > > TIA. Works as advertised. Many thanks.
Re: [expert] Window Managers
You need to back up and restore those files under /etc/X11/xdm because those files seem not to be installed by XFee86-4.0 but needed by kdm for different window managers. Chunnuan Dennis Robertson wrote: > Hello List, > As a consequence of installing XFree86 4.0 I have lost the link from the > window manager selections on the login screen to the various window > managers. Perhaps I shouldn't have answered yes to all the overwrite > questions during the install of 4.0. No matter what I select I get > KDE. KDE is the only entry in a new file /etc/sysconfig/desktop. (This > file doesn't appear in 3.3.6.) > Can anyone tell me how to repair the login screen, please? > TIA.
[expert] Window Managers
Hello List, As a consequence of installing XFree86 4.0 I have lost the link from the window manager selections on the login screen to the various window managers. Perhaps I shouldn't have answered yes to all the overwrite questions during the install of 4.0. No matter what I select I get KDE. KDE is the only entry in a new file /etc/sysconfig/desktop. (This file doesn't appear in 3.3.6.) Can anyone tell me how to repair the login screen, please? TIA.
