Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:03:05 -0500 From: mike.jeays@statcan.ca To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: GNOME and Window Managers Message-ID: <3A66CAF3B5D3D4119AFD00508BC286ADE22C0D@msxa4.statcan.ca>
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> What is the recommended combination of Gnome and a Window Manager to > get reliable results on FreeBSD 4.1? >=20 > I have tried IceWM, which I like very much (clean, consistent and > esthetically > very pleasing). Gnome starts the first time with two panels showing, = one > at the top with a menu for Favorites and Settings, and a small pager = that > only shows one page. There is another panel at the bottom that will = slide >=20 > away like the KDE panel. This panel shows minimized apps, much like > the Task Bar in WinNT. >=20 > The Gnome Control app shows the box for customizing the Window > Manager settings as grayed out. I also get a dialog box that says > I am not using a Gnome-compliant Window Manager, but I thought > that both IceWM and Enlightenment were compliant. >=20 > When I bring it up a second time, the minimized apps on the "task = bar" > have > disappeared. I can get them back by blowing away .gnome, but this is > hardly convenient. >=20 > I tried Enlightenment, but, with the one or two themes I tried, I = hated > it. > It is much too over-decorated for my taste, and I got similar > inconsistencies > on subsequent invocations. >=20 > Any advice, or pointers on where to look, please/ >=20 > Mike Jeays > Assistant Director / Directeur adjoint > System Development Division / Division du d=E9veloppement de = syst=E8mes > Voice/voix 951-9929 > Fax 951-0607 > Email/Courriel : Mike.Jeays@statcan.ca >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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