Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:11:39 -0500 From: Eric Gebhart <saseag@unx.sas.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GDM sessions Message-ID: <20040401231139.GO520@unx.sas.com> In-Reply-To: <1080860398.790.35.camel@gyros> References: <20040401052533.GK520@unx.sas.com> <1080855514.790.27.camel@gyros> <20040401225347.GN520@unx.sas.com> <1080860398.790.35.camel@gyros>
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Sorry, didn't notice the CC. yes, It does not work for me. No new sessions are in the list. The machine in question is in the middle of a portupgrade. I will check when it is done. I was having some unrelated problems building openoffice-1.1. Some ports out of sync with one another, so I decided to a portupgrade was in order. I had installed gnome2 but it is possible that something was not quite right. I will check the version when portupgrade is done. Eric ----- Joe Marcus Clarke's Original Message ----- > On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 17:53, Eric Gebhart wrote: > > >From this link, > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q15 > > > > I followed this, from all of the instructions I've found, this seems to make > > the most sense. And it fit's in with the directory structure on my system. > > > > Eric > > > > <quote> > > > > The process for adding new GDM sessions has changed substantially between GNOME 2.2 and 2.4. In order to add new sessions now, you must create a .desktop file containing the session configuration information. Session files live in /usr/X11R6/etc/dm/Sessions. For example, to add a KDE session, create a file in /usr/X11R6/etc/dm/Sessions called kde.desktop. That file should contain the following: > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > Encoding=UTF-8 > > Name=KDE > > Comment=This session logs you into KDE > > Exec=/usr/local/bin/startkde > > TryExec=/usr/local/bin/startkde > > Icon= > > Type=Application > > > > > > This file must have execute permissions. For example: > > > > # chmod 0555 kde.desktop > > > > </quote> > > > > After creating this file, restart GDM, and there will be a KDE link under the Sessions menu. > > Please don't remove the mailing list in your replies. Are you saying > this is not working for you? That is, you do not see the new session > name from the list of available sessions? If so, verify you're using > the latest version of gdm2. This works fine for me. > > If, however, you're trying to change your default window manager under a > GNOME session, you need to read: > > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q9 > > Joe > > > > > > > ----- Joe Marcus Clarke's Original Message ----- > > > On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 00:25, Eric Gebhart wrote: > > > > I thought I'd try GDM, But I hate sawfish. I tried making a new > > > > session the way you outline. It doesn't work. > > > > > > > > I'm running Gnome 2.4 on FreeBSD 4.9. This is a fresh install > > > > with a cvsup done yesterday - before I built everything. > > > > > > > > I also tried the old way, putting the exec one liner in the > > > > other place. I've pretty much given up. It shouldn't take > > > > hours to change the default window manager. > > > > > > > > I wouldn't mind using gnome if it weren't so painful. It's > > > > beginning to rival windows. > > > > > > > > Any clues you have might get me to appreciate it more. > > > > > > > > I'm back to using my xinitrc, It's not as pretty but it's simple > > > > and it works. > > > > > > > > I can't run a gnome session because it stomps > > > > on my window manager. .gnome/default.wm used to work for this. > > > > but apparently not anymore. > > > > > > > > Gnome used to be friendly with other window managers. I wish > > > > that were still the case. > > > > > > > > If you can provide any help I would be appreciative. > > > > > > What exactly did you do? > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- > > > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > > > > > > > > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > >
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