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Date:      26 Jul 2002 12:15:35 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        sroberts@dsl.pipex.com
Cc:        FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newly installed 4.6Stable+gnome1.4x = Broken Sawfish
Message-ID:  <1027700137.879.23.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <1027663058.3d40e4d2c23a1@netmail.pipex.net>
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On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 01:57, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
> 
> Hi Joe,
>    I don't actually recall doing an update for librep after installing the 
> system. I'll first try to locate it  but, what version (if any) should I have 
> for librep?

You should have librep-0.16.1_1.

> 
> Also, in terms of recompiling librep, it the following procedure safe to 
> perform:-
> <after updating if requried>
> cd /us/ports/<whichever_dir>/librep
> make deinstall clean && make reinstall clean

I use sysutils/portupgrade to do such things, but your method should
work as well.

> 
> I take it if I find that I don't have librep (by chance), then I'll have to 
> install it and reinstall Sawfish as well?

Yes, you will have to update both.

Joe

> 
> Thanks for taking the time.
> 
> Stacey
> 
> Quoting Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>:
> 
> > On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 17:49, sroberts@dsl.pipex.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > >      First of all I'd like to thank the list members that have taken
> > the time 
> > > to assist me in getting to the stage where I have a stable system now.
> > > 
> > > I'm having problems getting gnome / Sawfish to play together though. I
> > 
> > > gnomecontrolcenter, I have selected Sawfish as the current window
> > manager, but 
> > > when I click the Sawfish configuration tool, I get a beep, and the 
> > > error: "Sawfish isn't running."
> > > 
> > > Could someone let me know if I've missed something out, or what I
> > might check 
> > > in order to get Sawfish set up as the default window manager for my
> > gnome-
> > > 1.4_latest, please?
> > 
> > Did you update librep _after_ compiling sawfish?  If so, recompile
> > sawfish, and your problem should be fixed.  If not, please send me
> > either your ~/.gnomerc-errors (if running gdm) or the output from the
> > console when trying to start sawfish (if you don't see any errors, bring
> > up an xterm, and run sawfish manually).  Thanks.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks again..,
> > > 
> > > Stacey
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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