On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 05:21:34AM +0200, Olivier Chapuis wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 03:55:35PM -0400, Ian Hutchinson wrote:
> > I would like to use fvwm with my more or less stock RH 8.0 install on a
> > laptop.
> >
> > I currently use gnome/metacity because kde is way too resource heavy for
> > the screen and interface to give decent responsivity. But metacity lacks
> > several features in fvwm that I have enjoyed previously.
> >
> > fvwm -r & works marvelously but for one thing: what fvwmrc should one use?
> >
> > Does anyone have a minimalistic .fvwmrc file that is appropriate for
> > gnome? I don't want to have to totally rebuild the panel and menus etc in
> > fvwm. All I want is to use fvwm as my window manager. How do I get it to
> > play nicely with gnome? Example: what is the relationship between fvwm's
> > desktops and the gnome desktops? They aren't the same it seems. Each gnome
> > desktop seems to be split into multiple fvwm desktops (or is it vice
> > versa).
> >
>
> GNOME2 does not support large desktop. If you use the gnome pager you
> should use a 1x1 desktop, i.e., add
>
I am sorry GNOME 2.4 supports large desktop. However, there are some
bugs in fvwm. This is fixed in the current cvs and so for 2.5.8 and
future snapshots.
Regards, Olivier
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Received on Thu Sep 25 2003 - 03:24:46 BST