Re: starting gnome-panel

[Ben FrantzDale <bfrantzdale hmc edu>]

On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 09:22, Haines Brown wrote:
> Here, for example, is one of the ~/.Xclients versions I've tried:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> . $HOME/.bash_profile
> xsetroot -solid '#72789b'
> xterm &
> gnome-panel &
> exec icewm || exec xterm -fg red

As I read this, I'd expect to see a standard xterm, the panel, and
icewm.

> The panel appears with its proper custom configuration. The xterm
> shows up, too, but not the background color I define here (no
> opportunity yet to figure out why).

The second xterm shouldn't be showing up if icewm is behaving normally
since you are running it above iff icewm fails.

> The desktop switcher appears on the panel to the extent its stub is
> there, but no desktops are displayed. The stub allows me to bring up
> desktop switcher's preferenes dialog with the RMB. In the preferences,
> my gnome prerence for 6 desktops is not seen, but only the default
> single desktop. However, I can change that configuration (not sure,
> but suspect it's lost when I log out). However, none of these desktops
> are displayed, only the applet stub. 

I'm not sure if icewm supports the WM spec. If it doesn't, this is the
sort of be havior I might expect.

--Ben