Re: GNOME2 not starting correctly

[mike <mike redtux demon co uk>]

On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 00:54, mike wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 23:20, Ivens Porto wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I successfully installed gnome2 from sources in my machine (I followed
> > the GNOME Instalation guide, found on
> > http://www.karubik.de/gig/2.0/index.html) but after instalation gnome2
> > does not start correctly. I installed all packages listed in the GNOME
> > Instalation guide except nautilus and mozilla and games.
> > 
> > I'm running Debian 2.2r2 on a Pentium 500MHz with 196MB of RAM, XFree86
> > 4.0 and libc 2.1.3.
> > 
> > After compiling and installing the packages I configured my system so
> > the startx script would use gnome-session to start gnome2 (I'm currently
> > using ice window manager).

I should learn to read - do this instead killall icewm;sleep 1; metacity
or sawfish (whichever you have installed

> > gnome2 starts, but all my windows have no borders (I can't even move the
> > windows) and there's no desktop (no icons appears on top of the
> > background, and I can't create new icons on the desktop). I can't switch
> > to another workspace either.

what happens if you right-click on the desktop?

> > The Menu Panel and Bottom edge panel are working, all applications are
> > working, for example, gnome-terminal, mrproject, etc. The gnome2
> > applications also works when I'm using ice window manager, when doing
> > this the applications windows have borders and works fine.
> > 
> > It seems as if sawfish is not starting, but using ps I see that sawfish
> > is running. I try to configure sawfish going to Desktop
> > Preferences->Advanced->Sawfish, but none of the configuration options
> > works (for example, Focus Behavior), I click on a configuration option
> > and nothing happens.
> > 
> > Anyone can help?
> > 
> 
> if you have metacity installed try killall sawfish;sleep 1;metacity to
> test if it is a sawfish problem
> > Regards,
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