Date: 01 Jul 2001 13:29:01 +0100 From: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problems with X and window manager Message-ID: <86pubk4yuq.fsf@pan.home.penguinpowered.org.uk>
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Hi all, I am having some weirdness with my window manager. I currently use icewm built from ports running under gnome on 2 machines. Until recently it behaved OK on both machines. On the first machine, I am having problems with my .xinitrc It looks as follows : /usr/bin/ssh-agent > /tmp/ssh-agent.out source /tmp/ssh-agent.out /usr/bin/ssh-add < /dev/null xmodmap -e "keycode 0x40 = Meta_L" xmodmap -e "keycode 0x73 = Alt_L" exec gnome-session This used to start ssh-agent, source the ssh-agent.out file and popup a window asking me for my ssh passphrase. Once this was done it would launch gnome-session. Like I say, this used to work. Yesterday I installed sawfish. I wasn't happy with a couple of things about it (mostly window placement and shortcuts to launch applications), so I decided to go back to icewm. Now starting X gives me the following : (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE) source: not found Could not open a connection to your authentication agent. SESSION_MANAGER=local/pan.home.penguinpowered.org.uk:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2113 I've tried replacing the source line in my .xinitrc with . /tmp/ssh-agent,out but the same message persists. Now my ssh passphrase is not asked for and life is generally grody :) On the other machine, the xinitrc works ok, and the source function also works. The problem on this one is with switching desktops. I always use Ctrl-ALT-(left or right arrow) to flick between desktops. If after launching an application on a desktop, I flick to a different one, my keyboard shortcuts (including desktop moving) stops working. I have to launch an application using the mouse and than my keyboard works on that desktop. This problem does not happen on the first machine. I've tried AutoDetectGNOME at both 0 and 1 in the preferences file but the problem keeps happening. Does anyone have any advice on how to fix these problems ? I would truly appreciate it ! Thanks, -- - Wayne Pascoe E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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