ac_dispatcher Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Wanted to try out GNOME 2.4. Went to : http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/garnome/ I folllowed the instructions and with the typical "dependecy" problems I installed GARNOME. But I cant figure out how to add GARNOME to the session list. I went to the KDE control center and added "GARNOME". Made: .xsession made the garnome-session script in my /home: #!/bin/sh GARNOME=$HOME/garnome PATH=$GARNOME/bin:$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GARNOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH PYTHONPATH=$GARNOME/lib/python2.2/site-packages PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$GARNOME/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig GDK_USE_XFT=1 export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH PYTHONPATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH GDK_USE_XFT exec $GARNOME/bin/gnome-session added the garnome script to /usr/X11R6/bin ??? #!/bin/sh exec garnome-session Cant seem to get it to work from the KDM login screen. Any advise? I got it to work if I logged in to the "default" session then entered "sh garnome-session'. SO I guess my question is how do you add a session the the KDM login screen :?: Is the key to this in the /etc/X11 folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 I'm not sure if KDM follows the same but GDM has scripts to start WMs/DEs in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/ Maybe there is a KDM equivalent James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 In the kde desktop manager, there is a section labled "system". Go there, to login manager, by entering the root password (for administrative mode), you can add session types to kdm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 I I went into the KDE Control center and tried the session add function. It did not work. I booted to fwm95?. After you add a "session" via KDE control center how do you tell it where to find GNOME. The whole GNOME2.4 (GARNOME) is found in a garnome directory in my home directory. Ill try to chage to the GDM login and mess with the /etc/X11/gdm settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 OK not totally sure this was the best way, but here is what I did. Changed to a GDM Login style (MCC>Harware>Display Manager) in: /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions > added a file named "Garnome" i"Garnome" #!/bin/sh exec /home/acdispatcher/garnome-session change to su and chmod +x Garnome. Also opened in konqueror and right clicked on the file and checked "exe" in file permissions. in my home directory > created "garnome-session" chmod +x garnome-session right click and checked "exe" in permissions (chmod 755?) garnome-session: #!/bin/sh GARNOME=$HOME/garnome PATH=$GARNOME/bin:$PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GARNOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH PYTHONPATH=$GARNOME/lib/python2.2/site-packages PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$GARNOME/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig GDK_USE_XFT=1 export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH PYTHONPATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH GDK_USE_XFT exec $GARNOME/bin/gnome-session Once that was done I did the old cntrl-alt-back to get out and bring up the GDM. (my ATI card goes blank if I logout) "Garnome" is now a choice in sessions. and we have GNOME2.4 :lol: Looks good so far. Fast too. If I dont like it, I just delete my "garnome" directory in my /home drive. Not very pretty but It worked for me. Still new at it but Im learning (painfully slow) and haveing fun at it. :wink: Question: what is the diference between chmod +x and chmod 755 ? is +x = executible for owner and chmod 755 executible by all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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