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Re: Newbie question on X11/GNOME window manager

You need to exec gnome-session at the end of your .xinitrc, not gnome-wm. In other words, if you are using fink, you can do this in .xinitrc:

source /sw/bin/init.sh
exec gnome-session

and you should get the gnome desktop.

Mark Davidson
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On Oct 5, 2004, at 1:24 PM, John Freberg wrote:

Can anyone direct me to FAQ's or other resources concerning setting up the GNOME desk top on X11?

I've got X11 running, Fink installed, and bundle-gnome installed via Fink.

When I start X11 (full-screen mode) I get a blank grey screen with one xterm window open. Option-clicking on the grey background leads to a Help menu item About Sawfish. This leads me to believe that GNOME is not loading because of a configuration issue.

I'm not sure where to go next.

John Freberg


PS: I have created a .xinitrc file in my home directory as follows:

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f $userresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $userresources
fi

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
xmodmap $usermodmap
fi

# start some nice programs

xterm &

# start the window manager

#exec quartz-wm &
exec /sw/bin/gnome-wm


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