Re: GNOME query

1999-04-04 Thread Rick Macdonald
On 4 Apr 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > My .xsession file looks something like this: > > xsetroot -solid slategrey & > xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults > fvwm2 & > exec /usr/bin/gnome-session Is there anything in gnome besides the gnome pager that doesn't work with the (non gnome-compliant)

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-04 Thread James Mastros
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 07:30:53PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:00:30 -0500 (EST), William R Pentney wrote: > > Well, AFAIK fvwm2 isn't compiled for use with Gnome. It would be like > installing KDE and not using KWM. It'll work, just not with all the bells > and whistles

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-04 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:00:30 -0500 (EST), William R Pentney wrote: >I just installed GNOME and use it with fvwm2, and it seems to work nicely, >but I haven't tried it with others yet. Am I missing out on anything? Is >this a particularly bad choice?

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-04 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 09:07:49 -0800 (PST), Gary Singleton wrote: >Does icewm-gnome offer anything that icewm doesn't? I like icewm primarily >for it's simplicity and apparent low resource usage. Is the gnome version >just built using the gnome librari

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-04 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "HM" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: HM> Query: how do I start it? I ran panel and got a nice panel. I have a /usr7doc/gnome dir with some info. README.Debian says: My .xsession file looks something like this: xsetroot -solid slategrey & xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults fvwm2 &

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-03 Thread William R Pentney
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > >What's the best window manager to use to? I installed enlightment > >(never used this before either!) and all I get from it is a bar up the > >top. No default configuration? Strange. > > Personally, I prefer icewm-gnome. YMMV, however. Enlightenment

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-03 Thread Gary Singleton
Does icewm-gnome offer anything that icewm doesn't? I like icewm primarily for it's simplicity and apparent low resource usage. Is the gnome version just built using the gnome libraries? Thanks, G.S. --- Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 >

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-03 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 02:25:15 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >Query: how do I start it? I ran panel and got a nice panel. >Later I ran gnome-session, which told me that panel was already running >and asked if I want another. Gnome, uhm, isn't really