This happened to me about a week ago as I was setting up Helix gnome. Gnome-session was started via .xinitrc, and all my windows were stuck in the upper left corner. I fired up gcc and chose Sawmill as the wm. Restarted X and everything was OK.
> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ulrich Grün [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 9:59 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: windows fixed on upper panel (cannot be moved or resized) > > 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? > > > I don't know for sure but sounds like you have a gnome-session running > without a window manager. If you can you can set gnome's default wm by > typing gnomecc and selecting a window manager or you can setup a .xsession > script to do it for you. Hope that helps both ways worked for me. > > Ceaser > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
