Re: why I don't use gnome...

["Blad, John Erling" <john erling blad aftenposten no>]

> 2) I cannot _not_ have the desktop managed by gnome.  This is bizarre, I
> can start up panel separetely, but I cannot start gnome-sesion without
> have a root app running.

> kenneth

I know there are at least a few applications that draws on the root window.
Some of them uses specialized hardware to intermingle video and X11 windows.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to be able to start GNOME in a say-away-from-root
mode.

John