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SuSE Linux: Versions 6.0 to 6.1
Also typing startx gnome
does NOT work.
startx enlightenment
panel
" to start the GNOME panel.
If you are receiving error messages indicating that "All fallbacks failed". Then you should review the sdb article http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb_e/ke_gnome-imlib.html
username@hostname ~> su - # enter the root password. hostname:~ # /sbin/init.d/xdm stop hostname:~ # exit
username@hostname ~> export WINDOWMANAGER=gnome-session
username@hostname ~> export WINDOW_MANAGER=wmaker
startx
.
If you encounter problems, as above, you may need to review the
sdb article http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb_e/ke_gnome-imlib.html.
Any errors encountered while starting GNOME will be logged in the
file ~/.X.err
, so look there for hints.
What are these environment variables? (Information for the interested.)
The program the SuSE X scripts run to start up the windowing
environment is controlled by the environment variable
WINDOWMANAGER
. Traditionally this variable is used to
choose a window manager, but it will run any program on your path, or
any program at all if you specify a full path.
The program we specified in this example is
gnome-session
, which is a gnome script that will ensure
that the gnome setup is maintained across GNOME sessions. It
makes use of a environment variable called WINDOW_MANAGER to launch a
window manager for itself.
Thus, the result of these actions is to bend the SuSE environment variable to perform a task it was not originally intended, or named, for, and to have a GNOME variable take its place. It works perfectly!
See also:
Keywords: GNOME, PANEL, WINDOWMANAGER
Categories:
Window Manager
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