Quick X Questions

[theros]

Hello,

I'm reasonably content with Apples X11 except for one thing

I can't seem to get my .xinitrc right:

I am pretty much happy with the defaults, with one difference, I would rather have the gnome panel (/sw/bin/panel) open up instead of an xterm. every time I try to put something of the sort into my xinitrc, X11 hangs when launching (stuck at that point where the pointer is a black X)

I've basically tried every variation upon:

/sw/bin/panel &
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm

and nothing seems to work... does anybody have a suggestion?

I also can't get anything besides xterm to run from the Applications menu, but one battle at a time I suppose.

thanks,

-Ross

[sao]

theros,

Try writing your ~/.xinitrc file like this:

source /sw/bin/init.sh

exec gnome-session

[ClarkGoble]

The downside to that is that parts of the gnome desktop will be underneath the menubar and dock. I'm not quite sure how to get it out. Under XDarwin neither Fink nor Gnome put stuff under the menubar.

[sao]

ClarkGoble wrote:
The downside to that is that parts of the gnome desktop will be underneath the menubar.
Yes, what I do is to command click (or try right click) anywhere on the midddle of the upper panel and it opens a window where you can choose to delete that panel. I use the Dock at the right side of the screen and the main gnome panel with everything I need at the bottom.

[theros]

Originally posted by sao
theros,

Try writing your ~/.xinitrc file like this:

source /sw/bin/init.sh

exec gnome-session

I'll give that a try when I get home - what else does gnome-session launch besides panel? I can launch the gnome panel just fine from an xterm by typing 'panel'.


-Ross

[Glanz]

Originally posted by theros
I'll give that a try when I get home - what else does gnome-session launch besides panel? I can launch the gnome panel just fine from an xterm by typing 'panel'.


-Ross

You may need to install the Sawfish WM via Fink, then if it doesn't start automatically according to your Gnome preferences you might need to place
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
sawfish %
exec gnome-session
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

or you may not......

[theros]

Originally posted by Glanz
You may need to install the Sawfish WM via Fink, then if it doesn't start automatically according to your Gnome preferences you might need to place
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
sawfish %
exec gnome-session
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

or you may not......

Sawfish is isntalled, but things are working pretty well for me with Quartz-wm. the gnome panel works fine, i'd just like it to start when my X11 starts, instead of or alongside xterm.

[theros]

this is what did the job:

source /sw/bin/init.sh
/usr/X11R6/bin/quartz-wm &
exec panel