Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-07-02 at 12:01, Siard wrote: > The Wanderer: > >> What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative >> and define(s) symlinks for it? > > To set the default x-window-manager, you can use: > ># update-alternatives --config x-windo

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread Siard
The Wanderer: > What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative > and define(s) symlinks for it? To set the default x-window-manager, you can use: # update-alternatives --config x-window-manager To only see the available (i.e. installed) x-window-managers: $

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-07-02 at 11:39, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 11:14:22AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > >> What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager >> alternative and define(s) symlinks for it? > > I take it from the content that I snipped t

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 11:14:22AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative > and define(s) symlinks for it? I take it from the content that I snipped that you're looking for a list of window managers, and not a technical exp

Re: x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread David Wright
On Fri 02 Jul 2021 at 11:14:22 (-0400), The Wanderer wrote: > What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative > and define(s) symlinks for it? > > I'm building a new computer, and setting up my (Debian-based) preferred > configuration on it, and I

x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread The Wanderer
What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative and define(s) symlinks for it? I'm building a new computer, and setting up my (Debian-based) preferred configuration on it, and I've just discovered that there is no x-window-manager alternative defined; as a resul

x-window-manager alternative missing

2021-07-02 Thread The Wanderer
What package, or packages, set(s) up the x-window-manager alternative and define(s) symlinks for it? I'm building a new computer, and setting up my (Debian-based) preferred configuration on it, and I've just discovered that there is no x-window-manager alternative defined; as a resul

Re: Shouldn't a window manager has xserver as dependency ?

2019-12-09 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
xmu6 >  Depends: libxt6 > >$ sudo apt-cache show twm > >Provides: x-window-manager > >Description-en: Tab window manager > twm is a window manager for the X Window System.  It provides title bars, > shaped windows, several forms of icon managem

Shouldn't a window manager has xserver as dependency ?

2019-12-09 Thread aprekates
sudo apt-cache depends twm twm   Depends: menu   Depends: libc6   Depends: libice6   Depends: libsm6   Depends: libx11-6   Depends: libxext6   Depends: libxmu6   Depends: libxt6 $ sudo apt-cache show twm Provides: x-window-manager Description-en: Tab window manager  twm is a window

Re: lightdm/xfce4, lost my window manager and my panels and some session state

2016-01-31 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/28/2016 09:59 PM, Charlie Kravetz wrote: I keep xfce4-panel in startup and sessions, auto-start, just to make sure it always runs. For reasons unknown, it will sometimes fail to start. Running Sid and with last update the greeter fails to respond to the mouse or keyboard (both USB). St

Re: lightdm/xfce4, lost my window manager and my panels and some session state

2016-01-28 Thread Charlie Kravetz
console (ctl-alt-Fn), I could check > > ps wwaux | grep xf > >and see that the window manager, xfwm4, did not show up. I could > >startx > >from there and the window manager and panels would be in place, >without memory of any of my session state. Logging out of x11 t

lightdm/xfce4, lost my window manager and my panels and some session state

2016-01-28 Thread Joel Rees
applications from that, but I couldn't get keyboard focus into a terminal window to run any commands from the command line. Logging in on a virtual console (ctl-alt-Fn), I could check ps wwaux | grep xf and see that the window manager, xfwm4, did not show up. I could startx from

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-13 Thread Brian
On Fri 13 Nov 2015 at 14:30:11 +0400, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: > Okay I will install a display manager. But will I need to configure i3 each > time I log in ?? Because this what is happening now. Each time the system > starts, I have to reconfigure i3. Will the display manger solve this > problem?

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-13 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
Okay I will install a display manager. But will I need to configure i3 each time I log in ?? Because this what is happening now. Each time the system starts, I have to reconfigure i3. Will the display manger solve this problem? With Kind regards, Dwijesh On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Alberto

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-13 Thread Alberto Luaces
Brian writes: > Indeed it is not! What is the correct term for xdm? "Display manager", according to the descriptions. -- Alberto

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-13 Thread Brian
> am getting the console and I have to type 'startx' each time in order to > > > launch i3. What can I do to automatically launch i3 whenever the system > > > starts without passing through the console. > > > > Install a window manager. For example: > &

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-13 Thread Erwan David
r to > > launch i3. What can I do to automatically launch i3 whenever the system > > starts without passing through the console. > > Install a window manager. For example: > > apt-get install xdm > xdm is not a window manager. Fvwm, twm, windowmaker, etc... are window managers.

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-13 Thread Brian
the system > starts without passing through the console. Install a window manager. For example: apt-get install xdm

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-12 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
Hello guys. Now I am facing another problem. Each time the system starts I am getting the console and I have to type 'startx' each time in order to launch i3. What can I do to automatically launch i3 whenever the system starts without passing through the console. On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 8:41 PM, C

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-11 Thread Curt
On 2015-11-10, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: > > Yes it worked. After installing Xorg and typing 'startx' , i3 session > started. > It really, really, really, really worked.

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Brian
On Tue 10 Nov 2015 at 15:32:55 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Dwijesh Gajadur composed on 2015-11-11 00:19 (UTC+0400): > > > When I type 'startx' it says 'command not found' > > startx seems to be owned by the xinit .deb, so your i3 installation must not > have triggered complete, or maybe even any

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
Yes it worked. After installing Xorg and typing 'startx' , i3 session started. That Great ! 😁 Thank you very much all for your quick replies. With kind regards, Dwijesh On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Martin Read wrote: >> >> >

Fwd: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Martin Read wrote: > > > Install the 'xorg' package. > Yes it worked. After installing Xorg and typing 'startx' , i3 session started. That Great ! 😁 Thank you very much all for your quick replies. With kind regards, Dwijesh

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Martin Read wrote: > > > Install the 'xorg' package. > Yes it worked. After installing Xorg and typing 'startx' , i3 session started. That Great ! 😁 Thank you very much all for your quick replies. With kind regards, Dwijesh On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:30 AM

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Martin Read wrote: > > > Install the 'xorg' package. > Yes it worked. After installing Xorg and typing 'startx' , i3 session started. That Great ! 😁 Thank you very much all for your quick replies. With kind regards, Dwijesh On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:30 AM

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Felix Miata
Dwijesh Gajadur composed on 2015-11-11 00:19 (UTC+0400): > When I type 'startx' it says 'command not found' startx seems to be owned by the xinit .deb, so your i3 installation must not have triggered complete, or maybe even any part of, installation of Xorg. -- "The wise are known for their unde

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Martin Read
On 10/11/15 20:19, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: When I type 'startx' it says 'command not found' Install the 'xorg' package.

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
op environment during the installation. > > > > After installing debian, I have installed the i3 window manager from the > > console. However after restarting the system, i don't get i3. I get the > > console. > > > > What should I do to start i3 when the system starts?

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Brian
On Tue 10 Nov 2015 at 23:57:04 +0400, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote: > I have installed Debian wheezy 7.9 on my PC. I have not installed any > desktop environment during the installation. > > After installing debian, I have installed the i3 window manager from the > console. However after

Re: i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Pete Orrall
> After installing debian, I have installed the i3 window manager from the > console. However after restarting the system, i don't get i3. I get the > console. > > What should I do to start i3 when the system starts? > > I want to use only i3 and not any other desktop e

i3 Window manager without any other desktop environment

2015-11-10 Thread Dwijesh Gajadur
Hello guys. I have installed Debian wheezy 7.9 on my PC. I have not installed any desktop environment during the installation. After installing debian, I have installed the i3 window manager from the console. However after restarting the system, i don't get i3. I get the console. What sho

lightdm uses last window manager

2015-04-07 Thread mad
Hi! Is there a way to configure lightdm to use the .dmrc from the users home directory? From the documentation I thought that this would be the default. On several installations I use lightdm and it always starts the window manager previously used, not the one configured in .dmrc. Interestingly

Re: 'Authentication is required' while mounting drives in any Window Manager

2014-05-30 Thread Brian
On Tue 27 May 2014 at 14:38:04 +0100, Brian wrote: > On the other hand he might see this as unsuitable in some way. But he > has pklocalauthority(8) to guide him further. The OP might very well be delighted with what he found and devised from his reading of pklocalauthority(8). However, it would

Re: 'Authentication is required' while mounting drives in any Window Manager

2014-05-27 Thread Brian
On Tue 27 May 2014 at 14:16:04 +0200, Slavko wrote: > Dňa Tue, 27 May 2014 13:10:31 +0600 Muntasim Ul Haque > napísal: > > > Using different WMs and FMs didn't make any difference for me. I used > > i3, Awesome, Openbox WMs while using Nautilus, Thunar FMs. Nautilus > > in GNOME and Thunar in X

Re: 'Authentication is required' while mounting drives in any Window Manager

2014-05-27 Thread Slavko
Ahoj, Dňa Tue, 27 May 2014 13:10:31 +0600 Muntasim Ul Haque napísal: > Using different WMs and FMs didn't make any difference for me. I used > i3, Awesome, Openbox WMs while using Nautilus, Thunar FMs. Nautilus > in GNOME and Thunar in Xfce work perfectly. But cannot mount drives > while using

Re: Re: 'Authentication is required' while mounting drives in any Window Manager

2014-05-27 Thread Muntasim Ul Haque
Using different WMs and FMs didn't make any difference for me. I used i3, Awesome, Openbox WMs while using Nautilus, Thunar FMs. Nautilus in GNOME and Thunar in Xfce work perfectly. But cannot mount drives while using these FMs in WMs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: 'Authentication is required' while mounting drives in any Window Manager

2014-05-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2014-05-26 at 22:57 +0600, Muntasim Ul Haque wrote: > I tried several Window Manager and all of them have the same problem: > while mounting any drive, they show an error saying 'authentication is > required. Failed to mount drive.' Now what's the solution?

'Authentication is required' while mounting drives in any Window Manager

2014-05-26 Thread Muntasim Ul Haque
Hi, I tried several Window Manager and all of them have the same problem: while mounting any drive, they show an error saying 'authentication is required. Failed to mount drive.' Now what's the solution? While mounting in any Desktop Environment, they ask for password and a

Re: Update of kde-window-manager wants to remove kde-standard

2013-11-10 Thread Rainer Dorsch
... Done Calculating upgrade... The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libkwineffects1abi5 libkwinglutils1abi2 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. Done The following packages will be REMOVED: kde-full kde-plasma-desktop kde-plasm

Re: Update of kde-window-manager wants to remove kde-standard

2013-11-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 03:04:02PM +0100, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hi, > > I think that will get eventually resolved, but I am just curious how I can > find > the root cause of this upgrade issue. Hmmm.. root cause seems to be aptitude package dependency resolver. This is so typical ... I

Update of kde-window-manager wants to remove kde-standard

2013-11-10 Thread Rainer Dorsch
-style-oxygen kde-window-manager kde-workspace-bin kde-workspace- data kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins kdeartwork kdm kscreensaver ksysguard ksysguardd libavcodec53 libkdecorations4abi2 libkephal4abi1 libkscreensaver5 libksgrd4 libksignalplotter4 libkwineffects1abi5 libkwinglutils1abi2

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy? [CONCLUSION]

2013-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Jun 2013 at 12:32:52 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > I usually activate ctrl-alt-bksp during the post-installation phase > when I install/purge/configure stuff I want/don't-want that differs > from the default installation. Some of that requires a reboot > anyway, so using udevadm isn't nec

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy? [CONCLUSION]

2013-06-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 15, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Brian wrote: At last! Udev does not know about what you have done, so one way of beating it into submission is by rebooting. A gentler approach is udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change Sorry for all the fuss... It's not a fuss but an intere

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy? [CONCLUSION]

2013-06-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Jun 2013 at 00:30:52 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > Well, I finally got a couple of free hours this afternoon. Here's > what I did. > > The system I was having trouble with was one of my "testing" > systems, so there wasn't much of importance on it. So I decided to > re-install Wheezy fr

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy? [CONCLUSION]

2013-06-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 12, 2013, at 1:10 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: Having asked the question, I owe the group answers. Unfortunately real life intruded its ugly head last week. I do plan to do the tests and report back as soon as I can. Well, I finally got a couple of free hours this afternoon. Here's wh

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-12 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Brian, You are absolutely right! Having asked the question, I owe the group answers. Unfortunately real life intruded its ugly head last week. I do plan to do the tests and report back as soon as I can. Rick On Jun 11, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Brian wrote: He could consider providing

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-12 Thread Bert Riding
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:30:02 +0200, Rick Thomas wrote: I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. I'd like to have -- restart the window manager. I've configured it to do so with "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard- configuration

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-11 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Jun 2013 at 20:28:00 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Am Dienstag, 11. Juni 2013 schrieb Brian: > > On Wed 12 Jun 2013 at 01:46:06 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 07:27:35PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > > I've got xfce

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-11 Thread Gary Dale
On 11/06/13 02:28 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Am Dienstag, 11. Juni 2013 schrieb Brian: On Wed 12 Jun 2013 at 01:46:06 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 07:27:35PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes fresh-out-o

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-11 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Am Dienstag, 11. Juni 2013 schrieb Brian: > On Wed 12 Jun 2013 at 01:46:06 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 07:27:35PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes > > > fresh-out-of-the-b

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-11 Thread Brian
On Mon 10 Jun 2013 at 10:37:28 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > Try echo > 'XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:caps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' >> > /etc/default/keyboard Does this do anything special? Or, putting it another way, does it do anything more than 'dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configura

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 12 Jun 2013 at 01:46:06 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 07:27:35PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > > I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes > > fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. > > > > I'd

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 07:27:35PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes > fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. > > I'd like to have -- restart the window manager. > > I've configured it to do so with "d

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-11 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - From: "Rick Thomas" To: "debian-user List Debian" Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2013 10:27:35 PM Subject: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy? >I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes >fres

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Rick Thomas [2013-06-10 11:19 -0700]: > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 1:37 AM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > >Try echo > >'XKBOPTIONS="lv3:ralt_switch,compose:caps,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"' >> > >/etc/default/keyboard > > > >Elimar > > Thanks, Elimar. > > I'll give it a try. Can you give me a poin

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Brian
On Sun 09 Jun 2013 at 23:51:36 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > I've configured -- to do so with "dpkg- > reconfigure keyboard-configuration", but (even after a reboot) that > doesn't seem to do the job. > > Specifically, -- did nothing before I did > "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration", and it

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Rick Thomas [2013-06-09 23:51 -0700]: > > On Jun 9, 2013, at 11:10 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > >On Du, 09 iun 13, 19:27:35, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> > >>I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes > >>fresh-out-of-the-b

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 10. 06. 2013 04:27:35 je Rick Thomas napisal(a): I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. I'd like to have -- restart the window manager. I've configured it to do so with "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configurati

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 09 iun 13, 23:51:36, Rick Thomas wrote: > > It's a Macintosh keyboard. The "backspace" key on my keyboard is > marked "delete" -- the "del" key is *also* marked "delete". Hence > some of the confusion. ... > Specifically, -- did nothing before I did > "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configurat

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-09 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 9, 2013, at 11:10 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 09 iun 13, 19:27:35, Rick Thomas wrote: I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. I'd like to have -- restart the window manager. I've configured it to d

Re: Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-09 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 09 iun 13, 19:27:35, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes > fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. > > I'd like to have -- restart the window manager. > > I've configured it to do so with "dpkg-reconfig

Ctrl-alt-del to restart window manager with xfce in wheezy?

2013-06-09 Thread Rick Thomas
I've got xfce window manager installed on pretty-much as it comes fresh-out-of-the-box Wheezy. I'd like to have -- restart the window manager. I've configured it to do so with "dpkg-reconfigure keyboard- configuration", but (even after a reboot) that doesn't s

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Apr 2013, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > To be honest, I must admit I found them absolutely useless too in > tiling layout. But in stacked or tabbed ones, how could I see on > what kind of window I'll go if I can not see their titles? (I guess > this is why they are preserved by i3

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-09 Thread Joel Roth
Anthony Campbell wrote: > Status bar: in spectrwm you can optionally have no frame at all in > fullscreen when you turn off the status bar. An absolutely minimal > screen. That is the default in Stumpwm. The behavior is similiar to and inspired by GNU screen. -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-09 Thread berenger . morel
Le 09.04.2013 17:44, Anthony Campbell a écrit : On 09 Apr 2013, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Interesting. I just would like to notify you of some imprecise expressions which could lead to error: "But I mostly work in stacked mode" you should have speak about stacked layout, since the

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Apr 2013, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> Interesting. > I just would like to notify you of some imprecise expressions which > could lead to error: "But I mostly work in stacked mode" you should > have speak about stacked layout, since the stacking mode is the one > used by most Not

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-09 Thread berenger . morel
Le 09.04.2013 16:14, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : (I thought it was possible to hide title bars, but while reading the doc it appears that I was wrong... And by reading it with a search on word "title" I just remember that, I was true so, here is the option: "border none". But i

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-09 Thread berenger . morel
Le 09.04.2013 14:13, Anthony Campbell a écrit : I like i3 too, but I find that spectrwm has similar features but is better in some respects. I have a comparison of i3, dwm, xmonad, and spectrwm on my blog at http://www.acampbell.org.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/609-Four-tiling-window-manag

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Apr 2013, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > Well, I know that i3 is very active (as I said, I really like this > software, and it is, in my opinion, one of the best I have used in > all categories: easiness of config, lightweight, features only > related to its job...), and the commun

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-09 Thread berenger . morel
Le 09.04.2013 07:24, Joel Roth a écrit : Sounds like you've got a Big Picture(tm) vision to create! Yes, I know, but modern softwares globally tends to integrate features they should not, and if no-one does a software with clear objectives to restrict this problem, it will never change. Some

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
late at home because of > problems on train... apologies, guys, for the out-of-thread and > probably sad humor :)) > > Yes, there are many tiling window manager. On my side, I am using I3 > for various reasons (the most important one is good default config > and that it's

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-08 Thread berenger . morel
I just sent in reply to Ralf, but at my discharge (is it the right word?) I was more than 3 hours late at home because of problems on train... apologies, guys, for the out-of-thread and probably sad humor :)) Yes, there are many tiling window manager. On my side, I am using I3 for vario

Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Now, I am not using a DE anymore, and also planning about creating a > DE based on a tiling WM and minimalistic tools that you can use in > keyboard only. There are a lot of tiling WMs to choose from: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tilin

Re: More than one window manager

2013-02-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Feb 2013 at 01:50:20 +0100, Marcin Kłapkowski wrote: > Ok, it's really nice. But it works for one login at a time. Now I > want start more managers with it. I need to start next xdm somehow. > Running xdm on other tty console doesn't bring me window. Any idea how > start few xdm login wi

Re: More than one window manager

2013-02-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 31 Jan 2013, Marcin Kłapkowski wrote: > Hello, > > I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on > tty7. I wanted to test other window managers without changing my basic > config, and still using my desktop. Tried on tty6 with: > startx /usr/bin/aweso

Re: More than one window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Marcin Kłapkowski
Dnia 2013-01-31, o godz. 19:23:17 Brian napisał(a): > On Thu 31 Jan 2013 at 19:39:08 +0100, Marcin Kłapkowski wrote: > > > XDM doesn't have choice for window manager, so only .xsession is my > > choice. > > In > >/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources > &g

Re: More than one window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Marcin Kłapkowski
Dnia 2013-01-31, o godz. 19:46:07 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org napisał(a): > > > Le 31.01.2013 19:39, Marcin Kłapkowski a écrit : > > Hello, > > > > I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on > > tty7. I wanted to test other wi

Re: More than one window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Marcin Kłapkowski
Dnia 2013-01-31, o godz. 20:46:14 Andrei POPESCU napisał(a): > On Jo, 31 ian 13, 19:39:08, Marcin Kłapkowski wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on > > tty7. I wanted to test other window managers without changi

Re: More than one window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Brian
On Thu 31 Jan 2013 at 19:39:08 +0100, Marcin Kłapkowski wrote: > XDM doesn't have choice for window manager, so only .xsession is my > choice. In /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources find the line beginning xlogin*login.translations: #override\ and add this to it F2: set-session-ar

Re: More than one window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 31 ian 13, 19:39:08, Marcin Kłapkowski wrote: > Hello, > > I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on > tty7. I wanted to test other window managers without changing my basic > config, and still using my desktop. Tried on tty6 with: > startx /us

Re: More than one window manager

2013-01-31 Thread berenger . morel
Le 31.01.2013 19:39, Marcin Kłapkowski a écrit : Hello, I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on tty7. I wanted to test other window managers without changing my basic config, and still using my desktop. Tried on tty6 with: startx /usr/bin/awesome it start nice

More than one window manager

2013-01-31 Thread Marcin Kłapkowski
Hello, I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on tty7. I wanted to test other window managers without changing my basic config, and still using my desktop. Tried on tty6 with: startx /usr/bin/awesome it start nice, and it's working. But when i switch to tty7 and ba

Re: Openbox window manager

2012-02-04 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 10:07:06PM +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I find that exceedingly odd. > I am using openbox on squeeze. > All I did was change the keybindings in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml > and Alt-F4 does nothing here. > > I've pasted my rc.xml here: > http://tonyb

Re: Openbox window manager

2012-02-04 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:47:58 +0100 Michael Heerdegen wrote: > Hi, > > altering ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml should be sufficient. I use the > setup you want since many months and never had problems. > > Are you sure your rc.xml is being read and doesn't contain errors? > If you make other changes

Re: Openbox window manager

2012-02-04 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 03 feb 12, 22:07:06, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I use the openbox window manager on the siduction distribution. > What I want to know is how to stop openbox from killing a window > when Alt-F4 is pressed. By "a window" do you mean "any window" or just "so

Re: Openbox window manager

2012-02-03 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 04/02/12 13:47, Michael Heerdegen wrote: > Hi, > > altering ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml should be sufficient. I use the setup > you want since many months and never had problems. > > Are you sure your rc.xml is being read and doesn't contain errors? If you > make other changes in your ~/.config

Re: Openbox window manager

2012-02-03 Thread Michael Heerdegen
e the "Reconfigure" entry from the root-menu (typically right mouse key) to check - you need not to restart openbox or X). - Michael > I use the openbox window manager on the siduction distribution. > What I want to know is how to stop openbox from killing a window > when Alt-F

Re: Openbox window manager

2012-02-03 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 10:07:06PM +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I use the openbox window manager on the siduction distribution. > What I want to know is how to stop openbox from killing a window > when Alt-F4 is pressed. I've tried deleting A-F4 from the default > key bindin

Openbox window manager

2012-02-03 Thread Sian Mountbatten
I use the openbox window manager on the siduction distribution. What I want to know is how to stop openbox from killing a window when Alt-F4 is pressed. I've tried deleting A-F4 from the default key bindings in the openbox source and recompiling the Debian package and reinstalling it. I'

Re: XFWM4 window manager failure? Sid/Wheezy

2012-01-23 Thread Joseph Lenox
On 01/19/2012 04:34 PM, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: This is debian wheezy withn all recent updates, XFCE4. Any updates on this problem? Now for me, the xfwm4 do not seem to (re)start, at least the task manager do not show up any xfwm4 process! Kjetil There's a bug report out on this on

Re: XFWM4 window manager failure? Sid/Wheezy

2012-01-19 Thread Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen
g >> anything particular to the window manager settings or desktop session >> settings. All I know is that I booted the system up and while it had saved >> my session, the window manager was not loaded. >> >> I started xfwm4 by hand, saved the session, and did a logout/

Re: gnome 3 refugee; How to just run compiz as the Window Manager, no "session" management

2011-11-11 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Weaver wrote: On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:17:10 -0500 Celejar wrote: On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:20:33 -0600 Paul Johnson wrote: ... Here's my angry rant: I'm an old timer, can remember time when "startx" would just call a window manager and start a terminal, before Gnome,

Re: gnome 3 refugee; How to just run compiz as the Window Manager, no "session" management

2011-11-10 Thread Weaver
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:17:10 -0500 Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:20:33 -0600 > Paul Johnson wrote: > > ... > > > Here's my angry rant: > > > > I'm an old timer, can remember time when "startx" would just call a > > w

Re: gnome 3 refugee; How to just run compiz as the Window Manager, no "session" management

2011-11-10 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:20:33 -0600 Paul Johnson wrote: ... > Here's my angry rant: > > I'm an old timer, can remember time when "startx" would just call a > window manager and start a terminal, before Gnome, KDE, etc existed. I still do exactly this with XFC

gnome 3 refugee; How to just run compiz as the Window Manager, no "session" management

2011-11-10 Thread Paul Johnson
uot;twm". Here's my angry rant: I'm an old timer, can remember time when "startx" would just call a window manager and start a terminal, before Gnome, KDE, etc existed. I don't want to be bothered anymore by the persistent industrial effort to convert the Linux user e

Re: XFWM4 window manager failure? Sid/Wheezy

2011-11-09 Thread Joseph Lenox
On 11/08/2011 09:10 AM, Joseph Lenox wrote: I'm not quite sure how, but I managed to get XFWM4 (current sid version 4.8) to not start with my session (or not to be saved). I don't recall doing anything particular to the window manager settings or desktop session settings. All I know

XFWM4 window manager failure? Sid/Wheezy

2011-11-08 Thread Joseph Lenox
I'm not quite sure how, but I managed to get XFWM4 (current sid version 4.8) to not start with my session (or not to be saved). I don't recall doing anything particular to the window manager settings or desktop session settings. All I know is that I booted the system up and while it ha

Re: Eye Candy Window Manager

2010-08-26 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 08/26/2010 12:37 AM, Jangita wrote: > Hello List, > > When it comes to graphics and linux, is there a Eye Candy window manager > out there; for me if I'm to go GUI and I have a powerful graphics card > humming under the hood; I'd like something that looks nice, sh

Re: Eye Candy Window Manager

2010-08-26 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On 8/26/2010 4:00 AM, Camaleón wrote: KDE4 3D desktop http://bit.ly/aWuFXa GNOME 3D desktop http://bit.ly/cQSO2l Greetings, Definably KDE4, I've almost ditched GNOME for the new KDE, seriously, but I just can't do it. Not yet at least. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: Eye Candy Window Manager

2010-08-26 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:22:30 +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Mihira Fernando wrote: > >> On 08/26/2010 12:07 PM, Jangita wrote: >> > Hello List, >> > >> > When it comes to graphics and linux, is there a Eye Candy windo

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