Re: [TCLUG:10969] GNOME configuration questions/musings

[Clay Fandre <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

Sounds like you have some serious problems. I've run the stock RH 6.1
with Gnome/E and fvwm2 and never experienced any of the problems
mentioned below. I would recommend reinstalling because you definately
have something wrong with your setup. How about adding a drive to the
system and doing a fresh install on it. Then you won't loose anything.

Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> 
>         I've been trying to use Linux as my desktop system at home recently;
> with rather marginal success. I'm using RH 6.1, 2.2.12-20 (stock), and
> GNOME/E or FVWM or FVWM2.
>         X crashes on a pretty regular basis (GNOME more so); finding the
> configurator for Enlightenment is difficult (tho I think I found it
> finally); I still have to load the CD-ROM module by hand; wish doesn't work;
> and setting up a mail system for dial-up is still pretty far over my head.
> this doesn't count the configuration pains I've gotten over so far.
>         lets face it, Linux is still not for the average home user. I've
> been using it in servers for over a year now; with good success. Desktop
> usage still leaves a lot to be desired, tho. I'm hardly afraid of config
> files; but X has possibly the most obfuscated configuration file
> arrangements I've seen. (at least with Sendmail there's only 1 main config
> file to worry about; and it's usually commented pretty heavily).
>         I think a good chunk of blame can be placed on Red Hat for really
> fscking up v6.1's confiuration. I've had some limited experience with other
> Linux desktop systems (Caldera 2.2 and a Debian 2.0.36 box); and never had
> this much trouble. (then again, I never tried nearly as much with them).
> 
>         point by point:
>         wish doesn't work. gives an error something like 'no $DISPLAY
> environment variable'. I've tried chewie's suggestion of 'export
> $DISPLAY=:0.0' (and many variations thereon); and it always still gives me
> 'errno=111 can't connect to display :0.0' (or whatever $DISPLAY I've set)
> when I try starting wish. I've tried looking through the system
> configuration files, trying to find where $DISPLAY is supposed to be set;
> but no luck. This problem may also be related to the problems I have with X
> crashing, since I think I've seen a similar error message a few times after
> X crashes.
> 
>         what do people use for an ICQ workalike program? I've been trying
> GnomeICU; but it requires GNOME (and I prefer FVWM2 in a lot of ways), and
> it crashes on a regular basis, usually crashing GNOME, often crashing X (I
> need to take this up with the author, since I can cause crashes repeatably).
> I'd like to find a reliable ICQ workalike that runs happily under FVWM/FVWM2.
> 
>         note: GNOME will run on FVWM; but it will not be happy. :)
> 
>         mail configuration for a dial-up system...  I'll ask lots of
> questions once I've found & read the relevant HOWTO. :)
> 
>         netscape crashes -- this in and of itself doesn't surprise me. why
> it brings down X in the process, does. this may go back to the $DISPLAY problem.
> 
> ok, enough rambling for now... I'm going to go poke at it some more.
> Carl Soderstrom
> 
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Clay Fandre
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