Re: Newbie question on X11/GNOME window manager
Re: Newbie question on X11/GNOME window manager
- Subject: Re: Newbie question on X11/GNOME window manager
- From: Mark Davidson <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:27:32 -0700
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
email@hidden
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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