Re: Enlightenment appearance on FreeBSD vs. RedHat

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

Enlightenment is a very configurable window manager, as you have just
found.  A lot of what you see on the RH6 desktop is actually GNOME, so if
you don't have gnome on the freebsd box, you won't have access to those
features.

As for the look of enlightenment, middle click on the desktop and select
the desired theme from the themes menu (what you see on the RH6 desktop is
probably the clean theme).  Try out the other themes, and see what you
like (remember that the more flashy themes also use more memory).

To get the extra functionality, you may have to start a few extra GNOME
programs.  As a start, try putting the following in your X startup file:
  exec gnome-session

With this single line, it will give you session management, start the
window manager, panel and GMC.  (of course you need gnome-core, gmc, etc
installed for this to work correctly).

James.

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On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Roy Bettle wrote:

> Good evening all.  Quick question (I think):
> 
> FreeBSD 3.2 Machine:
> 
> Intel 166 non-MMX
> 32MB RAM
> 2, 1GB IDE
> 512MB swap
> 1MB S3 video
> 14" SVGA monitor
> 
> RedHat 6.0 Machine:
> 
> Intel 233 MMX
> 32MB RAM
> 128MB swap
> 7, 1GB SCSI
> 1MB Daytona64
> 15" SVGA monitor
> 
> Please advise if more details are needed.
> 
> On the RedHat box, the Enlightenment desktop looks a great deal like a
> Win9x (sorry for the comparison) desktop complete with an "Explorer"
> (Midnight Commander, right?), Control Panels, etc.
> 
> On the FreeBSD box, it looks, well, wierd.  Virtually nothing on the
> desktop plus a bunch of icons that are shaped like something out of a
> Star Trek TNG movie.
> 
> Further, I can't get any serious functionality out of the FreeBSD box
> (change networking, etc.), but on the RedHat box I have what appears to
> be total control via Enlightenment.
> 
> Have I done something wrong?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> RAB
>