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

["John R. Sheets" <dusk@ravendusk.org>]

On Dec 15, 1999, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <carls@agritech.com> wrote:
> >And don't forget, the GNOME project does not officially distribute a
> >single binary package.  Only CVS and source tarballs.  Any binary
> >packages are made by third parties.
>         ok. maybe I should try compiling from source. still pretty new to
> doing that; but I should learn. :)

I'd be happy to answer any questions on it.  It's really quite simple
once you get things set up right.  The first time through is always the
worst, though, especially when you run into autoconf-related problems.

> >Huh?  GNOME != WM.  GNOME is a set of applications.  It's hardly
> >mutually exclusive with FVWM2.  Many, many people run GNOME with FVWM2.
>         I've done it; but it tended to crash even more often than under E.
> GnomeICU locked up solid when trying to send messages.
>         GNOME under FVWM is decidedly buggy. the panel doesn't stay in place
> when switching desktops. (still, it's not a GNOME-compliant wm; so I
> wouldn't expect it to be perfect).

Right, that does make more sense now.  If your _WM_ crashes and it's the
last thing in your .xinitrc (which you just posted), that will also
bring down your X session (gracefully, rather than by crashing it, as
I'd erroneously assumed before).

So yep, it does sound like something in GNOME is tickling a bug in your
version of FVWM2.  Upgrading FVWM2 might also solve your problems.

> maybe if I recompile with newer source, I'll see an improvement.

Doesn't sound like it could get much worse.  (c:

John