Re: WOOT!

["Jesse D . Sightler" <jsight pair com>]

On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 18:25:32 Dave Reed wrote:

> > > and when I startx, E runs fine, but gnome doesnt work until I start a xterm
> > > and type gnome-session, then I start getting output, and about 2 minutes
> > > later it starts....
> > > 
> > > any suggestions?
> > > 
> > > Cory Watson
> > > Computer Cafe Internet Services
> 
> 
> Please tell me that gnome-session does not automatically start E.
> I've downloaded and installed much of gnome 1.0 but haven't tried
> "gnome-session".  I thought gnome was supposed to be WM independent.
> I run fvwm - nothing personal against E (or Raster)- I'm just used to
> fvwm and I don't need all the eye candy that E provides - I'd rather
> have my memory and CPU cycles going for the programs I'm running.
> 
> Is E now "hard-coded" into gnome-session?

Of course not, it is simply the default.  If you don't have it installed,
a different window manager after starting for the first time.  Gnome
will run happily with fvwm.  :)

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