Re: window manager

2008-05-13 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Alex Samad wrote: Hi When I login into X from gdm I get XFCE, but when i login via startx at the commandline prompt I get gnome, how do I change startx to do the same as gdm ? or atleast to set it to xfce alex Create a shell script .xsession in your home directory. Put whatever you like in

Re: window manager

2008-05-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/13/08 04:08, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > When I login into X from gdm I get XFCE, but when i login via startx at > the commandline prompt I get gnome, how do I change startx to do the > same as gdm ? or atleast to set it to xfce Try startxfce (o

Re: window manager

2008-05-13 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 07:08:11PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > When I login into X from gdm I get XFCE, but when i login via startx at > the commandline prompt I get gnome, how do I change startx to do the > same as gdm ? or atleast to set it to xfce typically i found the answer after postin

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-16 Thread Miles Bader
Ian Daniel Leroux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Putting a BSD kernel into an otherwise GPL system does nothing to > address that. To be fair, Debian is not a "GPL system," it's a free software system (with a specific definition of free software independent of the GPL). They happily package BSD-lic

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-16 Thread Thomas Dickey
Mumia W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are those hard-coded commands you're talking about? That's > important because terminal emulators recognize their resources based > upon their names. So if you define resources for "XTerm" (note the > capitals), but you start the program as "xterm," it

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-16 Thread Ian Daniel Leroux
On Saturday 16 September 2006 01:03, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 11:52:51AM -0400, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > > > I'm having a strange (to me) proble

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 11:52:51AM -0400, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > > I'm having a strange (to me) problem where xterms launched by the > > > window manager are clearly ig

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Ian D. Leroux
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:24 -0500, "Mumia W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 09/15/2006 10:52 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > >>> I'm having a strange (to me) problem wher

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Ian D. Leroux
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:24 -0500, "Mumia W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 09/15/2006 10:52 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > >>> I'm having a strange (to me) problem wher

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Mumia W.
On 09/15/2006 10:52 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: I'm having a strange (to me) problem where xterms launched by the window manager are clearly ignoring my Xresources settings. To be

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Ian D. Leroux
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > I'm having a strange (to me) problem where xterms launched by the > > window manager are clearly ignoring my Xresources settings. To be > > precise: > > > > 1) Xterms launch

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Mumia W.
On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: I'm having a strange (to me) problem where xterms launched by the window manager are clearly ignoring my Xresources settings. To be precise: 1) Xterms launched via menu entry or via hard-coded commands in the window manager have default settings (sm

Re: window manager.

2006-01-10 Thread Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
... > Ok. > But...why using hurd with mach kernel instead of linux? > It's for your trial ok, but supposing hurd became stable, why use it > instead of linux? ... That's for anyone to find out: http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd At the end everything comes to a personal choice and taste. I di

Re: window manager.

2006-01-10 Thread Mauro Sanna
> Hurd is not a kernel, mach is the uKernel over which hurd runs, and > debian is in top of hurd, :). I have it for trial. Console is OK, > but with X I experienced file system corruption. In general it's OK, > but I wouldn't trust it reliably. That's just my opinion though. > Remember the whol

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Katipo
Mauro Sanna wrote: Scuse me for my newbie question but to run fluxbox I need xfree also, isn't it? You need xfree or xorg for any window manager/desktop environment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Katipo
Mauro Sanna wrote: You're using hurd? How do you feel with this kernel? I don't think is for servers now. Yes it is. Not using it, but looking at it, and from what I see it's definitely got the scope for server/cluster capability. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
On 1/9/06, Mauro Sanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use fluxbox, whether for light wm requirement, and also in my desk. > > It's easy to config, it's pretty light, but it also allows fancy > > stuff if you want it to. For me it's the only wm in all boxes > > (laptops, desktops, remote connecti

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Mauro Sanna
> I use fluxbox, whether for light wm requirement, and also in my desk. > It's easy to config, it's pretty light, but it also allows fancy > stuff if you want it to. For me it's the only wm in all boxes > (laptops, desktops, remote connections through VNC, etc.). There are > others also, I've see

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Ishwar Rattan
lwm is worth trying, they do not come any lighter. -ishwar On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Mauro Sanna wrote: > Hello. > Can you suggest me a light window manager to use via vnc in internet? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Mauro Sanna
> I use fluxbox, whether for light wm requirement, and also in my desk. > It's easy to config, it's pretty light, but it also allows fancy > stuff if you want it to. For me it's the only wm in all boxes > (laptops, desktops, remote connections through VNC, etc.). There are > others also, I've see

Re: window manager.

2006-01-09 Thread Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
On 1/9/06, Mauro Sanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > Can you suggest me a light window manager to use via vnc in internet? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I use fluxbox, whether for light wm req

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-13 Thread Tom Allison
Robert Waldner wrote: Hi! I'm currently converting the SOs laptop to Debian. Problem is that it's rather underpowered in terms of RAM - 128 MB and no chance of upgrading. WMaker uses ~4MB of RAM, less than emacs under X. Very fast, lean, and with a nice number of features. Technically it is

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-12 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:07:42 PST, Andy Gower writes: >Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Shortcuts to applications in IceWM can >be displayed as small icons on the taskbar next to IceWM's equivalent >of the "start" button from Windows. This is a display style very >similar to the quick launch section

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-11 Thread Andy Gower
> From: Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That's not what I need: I need shortcuts to applications (and possibly=20 > documents) _on the desktop_ - not accessed via some menu one has to=20 > pop up before. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Shortcuts to applications in IceWM can be displayed as sm

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-11 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:27:32 PST, Andy Gower writes: >> >Icewm / fluxbox >> I can't figure out how to put shortcuts to applications on the desktop. >> With both of them. >With IceWM, it is dead easy to add shortcuts to either the taskbar >along the bottom or a customized menu coming from the st

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-11 Thread Jochen Schulz
Robert Waldner: > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:23:03 GMT, Andrew M.A. Cater writes: > >> Any suggestions? > > >Icewm / fluxbox > > I can't figure out how to put shortcuts to applications on the desktop. > With both of them. IceWM doesn't have desktop icons. Instead, you can use one of the numero

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Scott
Robert Waldner wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:38:01 +0100, Marcus Lundblad writes: Any suggestions? Perhaps ROX for desktop icons and file manager? You mean the package "rox-filer"? cheers, &rw There is a full-blown lean and mean desktop environment built around it called "Rox Desktop

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread SiegeM
2005/11/10, Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi! > > I'm currently converting the SOs laptop to Debian. Problem is that > it's rather underpowered in terms of RAM - 128 MB and no chance of > upgrading. > > So I'm looking for a window manager/desktop environment that doesn't > have the mem

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Andy Gower
> From: Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Icewm / fluxbox > > I can't figure out how to put shortcuts to applications on the desktop. > With both of them. With IceWM, it is dead easy to add shortcuts to either the taskbar along the bottom or a customized menu coming from the start button. Ch

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 10 17:57 -0600]: > > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:23:03 GMT, Andrew M.A. Cater writes: > >> Any suggestions? > > >Icewm / fluxbox > > I can't figure out how to put shortcuts to applications on the desktop. > With both of them. DFM, http://www.kaisersi

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
You might have her check out IceWM. - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Oliver Lupton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Waldner wrote: > So I'm looking for a window manager/desktop environment that doesn't > have the memory footprint of Gnome or KDE. Take a look at Xfce, it's relatively lightweight, and it's easy to use :) HTH - -ol - -- I will live forever,

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:38:01 +0100, Marcus Lundblad writes: >> Any suggestions? >Perhaps ROX for desktop icons and file manager? You mean the package "rox-filer"? cheers, &rw -- -- cm: 500 MB fuer /boot ist aber ein, aehhh, interessantes gefuehl -- -- haben deine kernel-images lethale blae

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:23:03 GMT, Andrew M.A. Cater writes: >> Any suggestions? >Icewm / fluxbox I can't figure out how to put shortcuts to applications on the desktop. With both of them. cheers, &rw -- -- Gibt's das auch mit umweltfreundlichem oekologisch abbaubaren -- atomfreien Strom von

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Robert Waldner wrote: Hi! I'm currently converting the SOs laptop to Debian. Problem is that it's rather underpowered in terms of RAM - 128 MB and no chance of upgrading. So I'm looking for a window manager/desktop environment that doesn't have the memory footprint of Gno

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 12:14:52AM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > I'm currently converting the SOs laptop to Debian. Problem is that > it's rather underpowered in terms of RAM - 128 MB and no chance of > upgrading. > > So I'm looking for a window manager/desktop environment that doesn't > have

Re: window manager: move without raisiing window?

2005-07-19 Thread strawks
Hi, On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 12:57 -0400, Daniel B. wrote: > Besides FVWM, which window managers can move and resize windows without > raising and/or focusing them? IceWM is one of them (by using Alt+Left drag and Alt+Right drag) -- strawks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is

Re: window manager: move without raisiing window?

2005-07-19 Thread Thomas Achtemichuk
Daniel B. wrote: > Besides FVWM, which window managers can move and resize windows without > raising and/or focusing them? > > For example, I might have a command output window that is behind other > windows and is mostly obscured but the last couple lines are still > visible, and then I want to m

Re: Window-manager question

2004-03-29 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Yea, verily, I say unto you that on this date (Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:34:27 -0800) Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> didst appear within my Magick Viewing Screen and, being somewhat pleasantly supplicatory, did polemicize thusly: > KDE will probably be the easiest transition for someone coming from a

Re: Window-manager question

2004-03-29 Thread Paul Johnson
Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Paul Johnson wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> >Better yet, does anyone know what window manager Debian recommends >> >and/or uses by default?? :? :? Thanks in advance. >> >> >> KDE will probably be the easiest transition for someone coming from a >

Re: Window-manager question

2004-03-29 Thread Katipo
Paul Johnson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Better yet, does anyone know what window manager Debian recommends >and/or uses by default?? :? :? Thanks in advance. KDE will probably be the easiest transition for someone coming from a Windows perspective. IceWM has a Windows style menu structur

Re: Window-manager question

2004-03-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Better yet, does anyone know what window manager Debian recommends > and/or uses by default?? :? :? Thanks in advance. KDE will probably be the easiest transition for someone coming from a Windows perspective. - -- .'

Re: Window-manager question

2004-03-28 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 28 March 2004 06:56 pm, Adam Aube wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When installing the OS, how do you know what window manager to > > use??? I've bee told to install icewm, wms, twm, and I thing > > something called "debconf." > > Debcon

Re: Window-manager question

2004-03-28 Thread Adam Aube
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When installing the OS, how do you know what window manager to use??? > I've bee told to install icewm, wms, twm, and I thing something > called "debconf." Debconf isn't a window manager - it's a configuration utility used by dpkg. The answer to your question is "which

Re: Window Manager selection

2003-12-23 Thread jqdkf
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 10:17:57AM -0500, D Hoyem wrote: > Hi All, > I just did a dist-upgrade on my testing system. When I did the startx and my > window manager came up I found that I was in gnome 2.4 and Window Maker wasn't up > and running. After I did the startx it asks me some questions

Re: Window Manager selection

2003-12-23 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra
Please follow RFC 1855. Em Ter, 2003-12-23 Ãs 13:17, D Hoyem escreveu: > When I did the startx You probably should use gdm. > I found that I was in gnome 2.4 and Window Maker wasn't up and running. Open some terminal emulator, run 'killall metacity; windowmaker &'. Th

Re: Window Manager selection

2003-12-23 Thread Joseph A. Nagy, Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 23 December 2003 09:17, D Hoyem wrote: > Hi All, > I just did a dist-upgrade on my testing system. When I did the > startx and my window manager came up I found that I was in gnome 2.4 > and Window Maker wasn't up and running. After I di

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-15 Thread michf
Quoting Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 11:41:44AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:32:38PM -0500, Bill Marcum wrote: > > > Some other small window managers are aewm, aewm++ and flwm. (What is > > > Installed-Size anyway?) > > > > It is a field fo

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-15 Thread Tom
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 11:41:44AM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:32:38PM -0500, Bill Marcum wrote: > > Some other small window managers are aewm, aewm++ and flwm. (What is > > Installed-Size anyway?) > > It is a field for the debian package, representing disk space

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-15 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:32:38PM -0500, Bill Marcum wrote: > Some other small window managers are aewm, aewm++ and flwm. (What is > Installed-Size anyway?) It is a field for the debian package, representing disk space used when the package is unpacked. It provides a rough idea of how much memo

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following >

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-14 Thread John Peter
Bill Marcum wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:08:44PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: Icewm is lovely and a bit friendlier than pwm, but not the leanest by a bit. Here's some sizes for reference: Package: pwm Installed-Size: 336 Package: icewm Installed-Size: 1131

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-14 Thread Bill Marcum
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:08:44PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > Icewm is lovely and a bit friendlier than pwm, but not the leanest by a > bit. Here's some sizes for reference: > > Package: pwm > Installed-Size: 336 > > Package: icewm > Installed-Size: 1131 > P

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread ben
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:05:52 +0200 Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats some indication but what you should be looking at is the memory > usage. Here eye candy can cause a lot more cost that what shows up in > the package size. It also depends on the toolkit libraries used. > right n

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 21:08, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:15:29PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:19 + > > Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > PWM, or ION (pwm, ion, ion-devel packages) > > > > > As I suggested before, Icewm. >

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 17:28, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 07:44, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:58:46PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > This WM was mentioned by a poster on this list a month or so ago. At > > > the time I was using sawfish, but was getting sick o

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 06:38:40PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > the default look kinda sucks though... it can be changed completely > (take a lok at www.fvwm.org) There is a great article about window-manager choices, and fvwm advocacy at http://www.igs.net/~tril/fvwm/ -- Jon Dowland http://

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:15:29PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:19 + > Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PWM, or ION (pwm, ion, ion-devel packages) > > > As I suggested before, Icewm. If I reply with, 'As I suggested before, PWM.', when will it stop?

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 07:44, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:58:46PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > > This WM was mentioned by a poster on this list a month or so ago. At > > the time I was using sawfish, but was getting sick of the bloat and > > considering switching back to fvwm. I

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:19 + Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none > > se

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 06:08:32PM -0400, eCLe wrote: > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:51, Micha Feigin wrote: > > I need a window manager with the following > > - As lite as possible on memory (I heavily stress my laptop so I don't > > have much to spare). > WindowMaker http://www.windowmaker.org tas

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As lite as possible

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread eCLe
On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:51, Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As lite as possible on memory (I

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:58:46PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote: > This WM was mentioned by a poster on this list a month or so ago. At > the time I was using sawfish, but was getting sick of the bloat and > considering switching back to fvwm. I'm _so_ glad I tried openbox3. > > I have it set up to

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Burkhard Woelfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031113 13:14]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 13 November 2003 03:18, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am lookin

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Burkhard Woelfel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 November 2003 03:18, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > > recommendations for a window manager. > Blackbox, Openbox, or

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread David Palmer.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 03:51:10 +0200 Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As li

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Erik Steffl
Micha Feigin wrote: Hello, Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem to fit the bill yet. I need a window manager with the following - As lite as possible on memory (I heavily stress my laptop so I don't have m

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Micha Feigin wrote: Hello, Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem to fit the bill yet. I need a window manager with the following - As lite as possible on memory (I heavily stress my laptop so I don't have m

Re: window manager recomendation

2003-11-12 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As lite as possible on memor

Re: Window manager troubles in Sid

2003-06-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 10:36:32PM +1000, Rob Weir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 01:53:55AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > I just installed Debian on a friend's machine yesterday. I used Knoppix to > > detect the hardware (and write down what it produced) then I used an >

Re: Window manager troubles in Sid

2003-06-23 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 01:53:55AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > I just installed Debian on a friend's machine yesterday. I used Knoppix to > detect the hardware (and write down what it produced) then I used an old Woody > CD to get a base system in place. I changed the sources.list to point at

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-15 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Shyamal" == Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Shyamal> startx runs ~/.xinitrc if there is such a file, but Shyamal> otherwise runs xinit. This basically results in the Shyamal> executions of the files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ where Shyamal> your ~/.xsession file gets

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 08:28:17PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > >To my knowledge, startx has only ever used .xinitrc, not .xsession ... I > >don't know why it used to work. Maybe you had a symlink in place at one > >point? > > man startx: > [...] > > Note that in the Debian

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-15 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> and nothing else - should I just use .xinitrc instead then? >> And why has .xsession suddenly starting playing around? Colin> To my knowledge, startx has only ever used .xinitrc, not Colin> .xsession ... I don't k

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-15 Thread Travis Crump
Colin Watson wrote: To my knowledge, startx has only ever used .xinitrc, not .xsession ... I don't know why it used to work. Maybe you had a symlink in place at one point? man startx: [...] Note that in the Debian system, what many people traditionally put in the .xinitrc file should go in

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-15 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Colin Watson said: > To my knowledge, startx has only ever used .xinitrc, not .xsession ... I > don't know why it used to work. Maybe you had a symlink in place at one > point? I don't know if that's true - I don't have an .xinitrc, just an .xsession, and startx does T

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 03:33:38PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: > On Tuesday 14 Jan 2003 15:51, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 03:11:36PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: > > > Don't know what has happened. Wasn't doing anything unusual yesterday. > > > But now after I type startx I don't

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-15 Thread Harvey Kelly
On Tuesday 14 Jan 2003 15:51, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 03:11:36PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: > > Don't know what has happened. Wasn't doing anything unusual yesterday. > > But now after I type startx I don't get a window manager (and I've tried > > kde, gnome, blackbox). X it

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 03:11:36PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: > Apologies: I'm using Mutt instead of KMail to write this (due to > reason listed below) and can't remember how to get vim to wrap. > Sorry. 'gq', so 'gqip' will wrap the current paragraph, for instance. > Don't know what has happened

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-14 Thread Rodrigo F. Baroni
What error message the display shows ? For instance, try $xinit -- : 2 --Baroni --- Harvey Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > Hi All, > > Apologies: I'm using Mutt instead of KMail to write > this (due to reason listed below) and can't remember > how to get vim to wrap. Sorry. > > Do

Re: Window Manager doesn't start

2003-01-14 Thread Rodrigo F. Baroni
What error message the display shows ? For instance, try $xinit -- : 2 --Baroni --- Harvey Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > Hi All, > > Apologies: I'm using Mutt instead of KMail to write > this (due to reason listed below) and can't remember > how to get vim to wrap. Sorry. > > Do

Re: Window manager

2002-12-16 Thread Setyo Nugroho
Hi, Perhaps you could take a look at this one too: icewm, here: http://www.icewm.org/ It's fast and beautiful. A quick note: GNOME compliance, partial KDE compliance Regards, Setyo Nugroho On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 22:48:58 + "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02

Re: Window manager

2002-12-04 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:42:20PM -, news.ntlworld.com wrote: > What is the coolest window manager to use with knowe of KDE? I like afterstep, though I don't use any desktop environment usually. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debi

Re: Window manager (sensible sessions solution)

2002-12-03 Thread Mr. David Bersson
--- On Tue 12/03, Osamu Aoki < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:From: Osamu Aoki [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 18:47:26 -0800Subject: Re: Window manager (sensible sessions solution)Hi, David, Are you sure what you posted is

Re: Window manager (sensible sessions solution)

2002-12-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, David, Are you sure what you posted is right way to activate WM Session? On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 06:18:09PM -0500, Mr. David Bersson wrote: > I tried to post this once, but it didn't go through. > Here's the command to add window managers to your > sessions files. (Assuming you use gdm) > >

Re: Window manager (sensible sessions solution)

2002-12-03 Thread Mr. David Bersson
I tried to post this once, but it didn't go through. Here's the command to add window managers to your sessions files. (Assuming you use gdm) cp -a /usr/bin/wmaker /etc/gdm/Sessions/Windowmaker This copies your startup script into your Sessions files. You then need to give it permissions. ch

Re: Window manager

2002-12-03 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:42:20PM -, news.ntlworld.com ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What is the coolest window manager to use with knowe of KDE? > Enlightenment and Windomaker look really cool. Much better than W**dows. The coolest one is the one you like. It's possible to install multiple

Re: Window manager

2002-12-03 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:42:20PM -, news.ntlworld.com wrote: > What is the coolest window manager to use with knowe of KDE? > Enlightenment and Windomaker look really cool. Much better than W**dows. KDE has its own window manager (kwin) that is fairly cool. If you look at http://www.kdelook

Re: window manager/desktop won't start

2002-11-25 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:46:12PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote: [snip] > Setting default value > Faild to read: session.screen0.toolbar.onhead > Setting default value > Faild to read: session.screen0.toolbar.placement > Setting default value > XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by

Re: Window Manager

2002-06-12 Thread Dave Price
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 05:27:40AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > Ho w do you do it globally as the default? you can make changes to /etc/X11/Xsession or 'startx' many startx scripts will also take the window manager as a parameter, in which case you can just 'replace' your startx with 'startx black

Re: Window Manager

2002-06-11 Thread Dave Price
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 07:42:23PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > return plug, are you on [EMAIL PROTECTED] (-: > > Shaleh > blackbox co-author,maintainer Of course! aloha, dave - unix, because rebooting is for adding new hardware. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Window Manager

2002-06-10 Thread Dave Price
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 09:53:35PM -0400, Aravind Vinnakota wrote: > Hi all, > I installed Debian 2.2r6 on my Sun Ultra sparc 5. And I think I made the > twm window manager as the default window manager while installing, which > is not user friendly. So, I am wondering whether I can change to a >

Re: Window Manager

2002-04-09 Thread Luca Pasquali
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 07:32:29PM +0200, Olivier K wrote: > Hello Luca Pasquali ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; > On 08.04 (Monday) at 15:09, you wrote : > > > if ya have some X programs that start when X starts see the man, I > > don't remeber how can be made from .xsession > > I have this : > > x

Re: Window Manager

2002-04-09 Thread Alan Shrimpton
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Re: Window Manager

2002-04-08 Thread Olivier K
Hello Luca Pasquali ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; On 08.04 (Monday) at 15:09, you wrote : > if ya have some X programs that start when X starts see the man, I > don't remeber how can be made from .xsession I have this : xterm -geometry +30+30& xterm -geometry -30-30& # I *must*

Re: Window Manager

2002-04-08 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Crispin Wellington quotation: > /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager is a symlink to the one you want > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -alF /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 17 Feb 2 01:35 > /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager -> /usr/bin/blackbox* > >

Re: Window Manager

2002-04-08 Thread Luca Pasquali
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 08:32:03PM +1200, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone tell me why every time I start X Window Maker starts as default. > I have to change it to enlightenment every time. Is there a way so X starts > with enlightenment? > > Running Potato GNU/Linux 2.19 > Cheers Al

Re: Window Manager

2002-04-08 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 16:32, Alan Shrimpton wrote: > Hi, > > Can someone tell me why every time I start X Window Maker starts as default. > I have to change it to enlightenment every time. Is there a way so X starts > with enlightenment? /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager is a symlink to the one

Re: Window Manager Probs *sigh*

2002-03-22 Thread csj
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 06:46:58 -0800 (PST) SJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm really not sure what I did wrong, but... > > After doing an apparently clean install of debian linux on a > new system, Gnome does not come up Window Maker does. I > know we installed Gnome but it's not even in the

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