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My .xinitrc was simply this:
#!/bin/sh
xscreensaver -no-splash &
sawfish &
exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch xfce4-session
Worked. Well...to be honest I'm not sure about ConsoleKit
(ck-launch-session)...that piece only started working after switching
to MDM (from wdm).
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:05:47 -0700
greg heil <emanuensis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Robert
>
> Good it is going in xfce4 for you. i unfortunately have had no luck in
> Xubuntu 1204... What did you put in your xinitrc file?
>
> greg
> ~krsnadas.org
>
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>
> from: Robert 'Bobby' Zenz Robert.Zenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> to: sawfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> date: 17 August 2012 13:23
> subject: Re: [Sawfish] preferred way to install on "recent"
> linux distro
>
> Hello.
>
> I'm not sure if Sawfish will work Gnome3, Gnome3 is not exactly that
> classic-WM-friendly type of environment. Though, you could try.
>
> For Sawfish I'd either suggest a "pure" Sawfish session, Xfce or Mate.
> Sawfish works very good with Xfce and Mate, I had the former running
> for some time and the later now as my main environment. Getting it to
> run with Xfce is a little bit tricky, as you need to write a custom
> .xinitrc to launch Xfce with Sawfish. With Mate it's easier, as you
> just need to replace a value in the Mate-Conf
> (/desktop/mate/session/required-components I think).
>
> Sawfish ML
>
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>
> from: fuchur flohtransporter@xxxxxxxxx
> to: sawfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> date: 17 August 2012 12:59
> subject: Re: [Sawfish] preferred way to install on "recent"
> linux distro
>
> Install gnome 2 alongside with gnome 3 not work. On fedora i use xfce4
> with sawfish. But now also mate is in the repos for 16 17 and also in
> 18.
>
> Regards,
> Fuchur
>
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>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:44:08PM +0200, Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Recent linux distros typically come with gnome 3 (unfortunately). If
> I'd like to have sawfish how would I go about it? Install gnome 2
> alongside with gnome 3? Will that work?
>
> Or should I install MATE which is a gnome 2 fork?
>
> If anyone managed to get sawfish on fedora 16 or fedora 17 I'd be
> happy to hear your story!
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
> Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown
>
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