Re: [dev][dwm] broken gnome (even after reset) after usage of dwm 4.7

pancake wrote:
> I have boxes running dwm on ubuntu and know some ppl like this and
> nobody has experienced this issue which I find no relation between dwm
> and gnome... I would argue that the problem can be the way you start
> gnome, or maybe is flash taking focus (read this sarcastically)
>
> PD; when a window loses it's focus and cannot be selected is because
> the wm has died. That is in your case metacity, in the rm list you
> forgot to remove .Xsession, .xinitrc, ~ and /
>
lmao. dwm is really a rootkit that stops other window managers from
being useful. You only need to run it once and you are forever stuck
with it. It even effects other systems you use that never had dwm
installed.
> On Sep 19, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Zhengning Jiang <zhengtonic_AT_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> since i started to use dwm 4.7 from time to time, i am having big
>> problems with my gnome desktop.
>> After about 1 - 2 minutes of usage (gnome ), freshly started apps
>> loose their window boarder and are not selectable
>> (not in focus und unable to put into focus). Applications minimized
>> in the gnome panel can't be opened again,
>> and nothing is klickable on the desktop. Restarting metacity and
>> gnome-panel from tty1 works,
>> but you have to do it every time this happens and it happens quiet
>> often.
>>
>> At first i was usure if dwm is the cause for this problem, but after
>> experiencing the same problems
>> on 2 diffrent manchines with 2 driffrent distributions (Ubuntu 9.04,
>> Debian lenny) ...
>>
>> I already tried to reseted gnome with this line (not from gnome of
>> course, so gnome can't save anything)
>>
>> rm -
>> rf
>> .config
>> .gconf
>> .gconfd
>> .gnome
>> .gnome_private
>> .gnome2 .gnome2_private .local .metacity .nautilus .thumbnails
>> .fonts.cache-1 .fonts.conf .gtk-bookmarks .gtkrc.mine .gtkrc-1.2-
>> gnome2 .gtkrc-2.0 .recently-
>> used .xscreensaver .gtk_qt_engine_rc .gtkrc
>>
>> But the problem still remains ...
>>
>> Does anyone of you have experienced something similar?
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> zhengtonic
>>
>
>
Received on Sat Sep 19 2009 - 16:38:38 UTC