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On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:37:12 -0400 |
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covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> Jc García <jyo.garcia@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > 2014-06-29 13:20 GMT-06:00 <covici@××××××××××.com>: |
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> > > Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote: |
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> > >> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 |
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> > >> Gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > >> |
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> > >> > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; |
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> > >> so, unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up, |
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> > >> I don't think that a plain call with a plain `exec |
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> > >> gnome-session` will work. |
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> > >> It for example needs the *-launch things between exec and |
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> > >> gnome-session. |
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> > > So, What can I do aside from restarting gdm after it goes to |
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> > > sleep or whatever its doing after a few minutes? Also, I did try |
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> > > startx and I did get a session and it seems to work, although I |
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> > > have not tested extensively. |
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> > Have you tried any other DM? technically gdm, just calls |
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> > gnome-session( it does other things, but thats the main goal), so |
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> > I'd guess, you could use something like lightdm. altought I haven't |
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> > tested it with gnome. |
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> I have tried xfce4 using startx and it worked great under openrc and I |
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> went to a lot of trouble to boot with systemd to keep using gnome, |
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just another reason to return to openrc+xfce4 and, in general, |
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to avoid huge complicated programs that do not comply with the unix |
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principles |
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> but maybe I will go back to xfce4 after all, if using startx with |
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> gnome-session gives problems. |
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