Window Managers

2003-09-29 Thread Chris Wilson
On a Dual head machine is it possible to run a different window manger on each head? If so how where would one look for enlightenment? -- Chris -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Window managers, redux

2003-06-27 Thread mark
Well, I'm trying IceWM, and it make my 250MH AMD k6-22 *look* like the fast computer it is . *But*, I'm having several problems. 1) right now, as it comes up, in the error messages, it complains that >libpng warning: Application was compiled with png.h from libpng-1.2.4 >libpng warning: Applic

Re: Window Managers

2002-11-26 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On 26 Nov 2002, Joe Giles wrote: > primarily. I wish to now broaden my horizons and try a different > Desktop. Is there other desktops besides Gnome and KDE. I read about > Window managers, but is this the same thing? Once I install it, will Desktop/session managers and window man

Re: Window Managers

2002-11-26 Thread Joe Giles
st, > > I have been using Linux for a while, and I have used Gnome and KDE > > primarily. I wish to now broaden my horizons and try a different > > Desktop. Is there other desktops besides Gnome and KDE. I read about > > Window managers, but is this the same thing? Once I instal

Re: Window Managers

2002-11-26 Thread Joe Giles
en using Linux for a while, and I have used Gnome and KDE > > primarily. I wish to now broaden my horizons and try a different > > Desktop. Is there other desktops besides Gnome and KDE. I read about > > Window managers, but is this the same thing? Once I install it, will they > &

Re: Window Managers

2002-11-26 Thread Michael A. Peters
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 12:30, Joe Giles wrote: > List, > I have been using Linux for a while, and I have used Gnome and KDE > primarily. I wish to now broaden my horizons and try a different > Desktop. Is there other desktops besides Gnome and KDE. I read about > Window managers,

Re: Window Managers

2002-11-26 Thread nate
Joe Giles said: > List, > I have been using Linux for a while, and I have used Gnome and KDE > primarily. I wish to now broaden my horizons and try a different > Desktop. Is there other desktops besides Gnome and KDE. I read about > Window managers, but is this the same thing? On

RE: Window Managers

2002-11-26 Thread Benjamin Rich
Utilize FluxBox a new and very lightweight window manager, it's very easy to configure as well. Thanks, Benjamin Rich -Original Message- From: Joe Giles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:31 PM To: Red Hat List Subject: Window Managers List, I have

Window Managers

2002-11-26 Thread Joe Giles
List, I have been using Linux for a while, and I have used Gnome and KDE primarily. I wish to now broaden my horizons and try a different Desktop. Is there other desktops besides Gnome and KDE. I read about Window managers, but is this the same thing? Once I install it, will they come up in my Log

Re: arg, confusion with desktop/window managers!

2000-12-12 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, christopher j bottaro wrote: > ok, i got halfway through installing gnome when i realized that gnome is > already installed on my redhat6.1 system! but i chose KDE as my desktop > manager when i installed RH6.1. does redhat install both and just configure > xclients to st

arg, confusion with desktop/window managers!

2000-12-11 Thread christopher j bottaro
ok, i got halfway through installing gnome when i realized that gnome is already installed on my redhat6.1 system! but i chose KDE as my desktop manager when i installed RH6.1. does redhat install both and just configure xclients to start kde if thats the one you choose? anyways, my real que

RE: All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-09-01 Thread Juha Saarinen
Hi Jim, %-> I am new to X and some things are a bit strange. X is strange by default... ;-) %-> %-> Every windows manager (Gnome KDE XFCE) creates a screen about %-> an inch too wide to see. Some of them will pan (not XCFE) but %-> there must be %-> a place I %-> can tell the system the paint a

Re: All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-08-18 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > > > > > Change the ViewPort setting from e.g. 1280 1024 to 0 0 to disable the > > seasickness-inducing panning. > > > > been there done that its nausiating..:) > seems if you choose more than one resolution you get that.odd... > > anyway else by ch

Re: All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-08-18 Thread lee
> > > Change the ViewPort setting from e.g. 1280 1024 to 0 0 to disable the > seasickness-inducing panning. > been there done that its nausiating..:) seems if you choose more than one resolution you get that.odd... anyway else by chance using redhat 6.2 and having difficulty getting

RE: All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-08-18 Thread Juha Saarinen
Hi Jim, %-> I am new to X and some things are a bit strange. X is strange by default... ;-) %-> %-> Every windows manager (Gnome KDE XFCE) creates a screen about %-> an inch too wide to see. Some of them will pan (not XCFE) but %-> there must be %-> a place I %-> can tell the system the paint a

RE: All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-08-18 Thread John Losey
arger than 640x480. John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 9:30 AM To: Jim Baxter Cc: Redhat Subject: Re: All window managers a too wide for screen Hi! Quoting Jim Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi. > > Tha

Re: All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-08-18 Thread noel . timario
Hi! Quoting Jim Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi. > > Thanks to Chuck Mead for the answer to my previous question. > > I am new to X and some things are a bit strange. > > Every windows manager (Gnome KDE XFCE) creates a screen about > an inch too wide to see. Some of them will pan (not XCFE)

Re: All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-08-18 Thread Dave Reed
It's difficult to tell from the original message, but it might be fixed by just using the monitor settings to shrink the horizontal size or use xvidtune to adjust the placment. The fact that multiple window managers have the same problem make me think it's more a setting like t

RE: All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-08-18 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
it's in the XF86Config file... There's options in there where you tell the manager the size of the virtual screen... > -Original Message- > From: Jim Baxter [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 11:06 AM > To: Redhat > Subject: All w

All window managers a too wide for screen

2000-08-18 Thread Jim Baxter
Hi. Thanks to Chuck Mead for the answer to my previous question. I am new to X and some things are a bit strange. Every windows manager (Gnome KDE XFCE) creates a screen about an inch too wide to see. Some of them will pan (not XCFE) but there must be a place I can tell the system the paint a s

News about window managers.

2000-08-17 Thread Chuck Mead
XFce is making a bit of news today as an XFce user squares off with Michael J. Hammel over his exclusion of XFce for consideration of his articles for LJ. http://www.linuxguru.com/stories.php?story=19 http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-08-17-037-20-NW-DT -- Chuck Mead, CTO, LinuxMa

RE: Changing window managers?

1998-06-04 Thread George Lenzer
Vince, >George, >Do you have the info on the dual NT/Linux boot? >Vince >[EMAIL PROTECTED] I read all of the responses I got and found the best way to set up the dual boot based on what different people said. My situation was as follows: Windows NT workstation with one 6.4 Gig IDE hard drive

Changing window managers?

1998-06-04 Thread George Lenzer
First of all, a big thanks to everyone who explained setting up a dual boot NT/Linux system. I got it working flawlessly. (...and I didn't need to re-install NT!) Now, I have a question relating to window managers. I prefer AfterStep as my window manager, which is what I have chosen

Re: Changing window managers?

1998-06-04 Thread Chris Frost
"AfterStep" in redhat 5 is really fvwm made to look sorta like afterstep. Rh 5.1 does include afterstep (for real) however. Not sure about the font thing, but you should have the .xinitrc right (when I was runnig as I used exec afterstep). Chris <- Visit Me At http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost -> <

RE: Window Managers

1998-05-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> So, here I am. I have finally got something to > installAfterStep -- rpm'ed fine. No dependentsbut I cannot start > the thing. I cannot figure out how to start it. I am drowning here. Any > help with any of the systems would be appreciated and of course any web > addresses with hel

Re: Window Managers

1998-05-16 Thread Gate News
#x27;[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 01:39 AM Subject: Window Managers | I am dying here. If you guys have not noticed, I am kind of a |newbie. Actually been in UNIX for years but have decided to switch to |Linux just because I really enjoy working wi

Window Managers

1998-05-16 Thread Van Tate
I am dying here. If you guys have not noticed, I am kind of a newbie. Actually been in UNIX for years but have decided to switch to Linux just because I really enjoy working with it. Anyway, now I am trying to get any WM to work and I just am not having any luck. Wanted to try E,

Re: Window Managers - restoring defaults for RH 5.0

1998-05-06 Thread Dave Wreski
> I have recently installed RH 5.0 on a system with a STB Velocity 128/RIVA > 128 video chipset. Because of this chipset, I was forced to install the new > XFree86 3.3.2 to get X support. > > Unfortunately, when I installed the new version of XFree86, all of my > window manager defaults were ove

Window Managers - restoring defaults for RH 5.0

1998-05-06 Thread Thomas Hubbell
I have recently installed RH 5.0 on a system with a STB Velocity 128/RIVA 128 video chipset. Because of this chipset, I was forced to install the new XFree86 3.3.2 to get X support. Unfortunately, when I installed the new version of XFree86, all of my window manager defaults were overwritten. How

Switching Window Managers

1998-04-19 Thread Keith Resar
I switched from the fvwm2 to motif, but now I want to go back. I keep looking through all of the configuration files, but motif keeps coming up. What configuration file is _the_ file to switch, and what is its format? -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCH

Window managers and path

1998-04-19 Thread Rich Shepard
I installed RH 5.0 and got X up and running yesterday. I found a menu item which presented the three installed windows managers, and decided to try 'afterstep'. Now, I cannot find a way to get back to the initial fvwm95 -- or the other installed wm. The icons along the right side of the screen d