On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 05:59:25PM +0200, Ulrich Grün wrote: > I have installed debian 2.2 with X_4.0.1 (the original X-server refused to > connect because of some errno=111). > Which one ? (It dowsn't matter anymore, anyway ...) > My problem is, that all the windows are fixed on the upper panel on the > left-above corner (that is: the window title is not visible). > I cannot resize the window, nor can I make a window come to lay on top by > clicking with the mouse on that window (I have to use the icon on the lower > panel) > How can I change that, resulting in a freely movable window? > It looks like your window manager did not start when you started the X session. If one of the 'fixed' window is an terminal emulator, type in the command to start the window manager (sawmill&, sawfish&, or whatever you have) and you will be able to move and iconize window, at least for current session.
To fix this permanently, you should do one of the folleoings: a) Insert in the x startup file the command to start the window manager. This file would be .xinitrc if you start X with 'startx' command, .xsession if you have a session manager ( xdm, wdm or gdm ). b) Use a login manager which starts a window manager for you ( like wdm or gdm ). c) Use a session manager which remembers what you started and starts it again (like gnome-session. With gnome, after you started manually the window manager, you should logout ionce by selectiong the option 'Save current setup', in the logout pop-up window ). > Furthermore, I only have the SawFish windowmanager. > Debian cames with many flavours of window-manager or desktop envirement (KDE will be included in standard distro in the next release, but you can find it somewhere in the Net also for the current one [see other posts in this mailing list]) Just use dselect or apt-get to install whichever you like better. > Because I'm new to Debian, things are a bit more confusing to me. > Most of the above is not debian-specific, though other distros may make things more easy for users not aware of what is going under the hood. Enjoy your Debian :-) Ciao -- FB
