hi all i've recently changed my default window manager to scwm. however i get the following gnome-error message when i login. (i login using gdm)
-- SNIP -- SESSION_MANAGER=local/yakko:/tmp/.ICE-unix/19601,tcp/yakko:2576 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 /usr/bin/x-window-manager: invalid option -- c /usr/bin/x-window-manager: invalid option -- l [Scwm][main]: <<ERROR>> Unknown option: `-l' Scwm Version 0.99.6.1 Usage: /usr/bin/x-window-manager [--display|-d dpy] [--expression|-e expression] [--file|-f rc_file] [--single-screen|-s] [--gc-often|-g] [--debug|-D] [--nobacktrace|-n] [--segv-cleanup-and-stop|-p] [--segv-just-stop|-P] [--no-document-formals|-N] [--blackout|-b] [--client-id id] [--version|-V] [--help|-h] Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 Gnome-Message: gnome_execute_async_with_env_fds: returning -1 subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for device ** WARNING **: Root window clicks will not work as no GNOME-compliant window manager could be found! GnomeUI-WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL GnomeUI-WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL GnomeUI-WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL GnomeUI-WARNING **: Could not open help topics file NULL -- END SNIP -- it seems like gnome is passing scwm options that scwm doesn't use. does anybody when scwm is called. it looks like it's called after the script /etc/gdm/Sessions/Gnome, but i have no idea what is called after this script. thanks pd -- "As a general rule, if you have trouble with the binary system, then probably it is because you do not really understand the decimal system ..." R.W. Hamming