Re: [STUMP] Ubuntu 11.10 and Unity with Stumpwm

[David Bjergaard]

Hi, 

Can you explain the need to append ssh-agent to stumpwm?

Also, I'm very interested in how unity-2d-panel plays with stumpwm. If
it doesn I can keep the gnome-panel, but I'm just curious.

I'll try this when I go home today.

     Dave

Stephen Balousek <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David,
>
> You might be missing the session file.  Both GDM and LightDM look in
> /usr/share/xsessions/ to determine which window managers to allow you
> to select.
>
> Here is the one I created for my 11.10 install:
>
> $ cat /usr/share/xsessions/stumpwm.desktop
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=Stump Window Manager
> Comment=StumpWM is a tiling window manager written in Common Lisp
> Exec=ssh-agent stumpwm
> TryExec=stumpwm
> Icon=
> Type=Application
>
> Hope it helps,
> - Steve
>
> On 10/25/2011 01:37 AM, Stefan Reichör wrote:
>> Hello David!
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've recently upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 and my previous way of configuring 
>>> stumpwm as a user session
>>> got broken.  Has anyone been able to use Stumpwm in 11.10? Do I need to 
>>> register the window manager
>>> as alternative with gnome somehow?
>> AFAICT they use LightDM as session manager. Before GDM was the default.
>> Perhaps you can install/activate GDM and use the same way to start
>> Stumpwm as before.
>>
>>
>> Stefan.
>>
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