Re: switching window managers

["Marco Calistri" <ik5bcu@tin.it>]

On 24-Mar-2003 Haines Brown wrote:
>> > Hello Haines,AFAIK if you remove your ~/.gnome* dirs. then you
>> > will be able to restart a fresh gnome desktop...
>> 
>> I presume that since gnome is set as my desktop manager, these files
>> would be regenerated without my having to restart gnome explicitly.
> 
> You are right that the ~/.gnome* files are regenerated, but this did
> not fix the problem, which evidently lies at a deeper level (even
> though not all users are affected). Even after removing the ~/.gnome*
> files, when I startx gnome-panel starts to load, but crashes, probably
> when it tries to load the window switcher. 
> 
> The man gnome-panel says:
> 
>> The Panel was designed to be highly configurable. You can easily
>> customize its behavior and appearance and add or remove objects to
>> suite your personal needs and preferences.
> 
> But it says nothing more than this. It apparently assumes you will
> configure gnome-panel with the mouse rather than edit its files. But
> when a problem comes up such as mine, the panel loop means I can't get
> a workable desktop, and so I have no mouse to configure panels to
> stop (remove from panel) the workplace switcher. Since there's a mouse
> option to remove the workplace switcher from the panel, there's got to
> be a command to do it, but how is one supposed to find out what it is? 
> 
> There must be more information on gnome-panel somewhere that goes
> beyond simple panel configuration with the mouse. Until I come across
> it, I can't find out whether the workplace switcher is a separate
> executable, where it is, or if it has a configuration file.
>  
> Haine

As I told you on my previous email,I'm not so familiar with RHL-8.0,I know they
use a different D.M. that is not exactly the same old GNOME as it was on
RHL-7.3.

I suggest to ask on psyche-list@redhat.com mailing list,but since you
reported that spare user is able to use the Desktop,I believe that your is not
a serious problem.

Good Luck!

Marco

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