Status of xfce 4

Net Llama! netllama at linux-sxs.org
Mon Mar 31 16:16:42 CEST 2003


On Sun, 31 Mar 2003, Biju Chacko wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 10:53, Net Llama! wrote:
> > i dont' have gnome installed on any of my boxes where i run xfce.  if i
> > did, i'd be running gnome, not xfce.
>
> xsm is part of XFree86. I assume you have *that* installed. ;-)
>
> I have to admit, though, that I was never able to get xsm to work
> properly.
>
> IIRC, the way to use it is something like this:
>
> - run xsm as the *only* app in your session. (If you have problems with
> this step, let me know and I'll give you more details)

so just add a single line in ~/.xinitrc that has 'xsm' in it?

> - execute whatever applications you want.

how?  from where?

> - save the session to a particular name.

how, where?

> - select that session name on next start up. (xsm always crashed at this
> point for me. YMMV).

can i just make it the default?

> Try it and let us know how it works out.

once you give me a few more clues, i'll gladly be the guinea pig  :)

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