From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 20 16:08:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B013E1065673 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:08:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail3.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:4c01::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77BE48FC16 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:08:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2KG83JO015751 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:08:05 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 55CC01CC0B for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:08:03 -0700 (PDT) To: gnome@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:48:35 +0530." <49C27E6B.5090500@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:08:03 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20090320160803.55CC01CC0B@ptavv.es.net> Cc: Subject: Re: Looking for a suitable window manager capable of replacing the old sawfish X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:08:07 -0000 > Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:48:35 +0530 > From: Manish Jain > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > > Hi, > > I am migrating from RedHatLinux-7.2 to FreeBSD-7.1. I am used to > RHL-7.2's sawfish which was capable of remembering window placement, > size and position of X clients. I am looking for a gnome-compliant > window manager on FreeBSD-7.1 which can do the same. Neither > metacity nor the new sawfish seem to be able to do the job. > > Can anybody please make a suggestion ? The inability to remember sessions is a problem with Gnome 2.24, not with the window manager. It seems that gnome-session for 2.24 was shipped with the "save session" routing turned into a no-op. This has resulted in several significant Linux distros staying on Gnome 2.22. See http://np237.livejournal.com/22014.html for more details. At this time, I know of no fix. I have worked around it by setting up startup tasks to fire up the applications I want at login. No the same thing, but better than a blank desktop. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751