Fixed StumpWM = modified page

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Niels Serup 2011-08-13 23:55:57 +02:00
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@ -9,7 +9,29 @@ How I've set up StumpWM on Trisquel
I use StumpWM instead of e.g. Gnome. StumpWM is a tiling window manager, which I use StumpWM instead of e.g. Gnome. StumpWM is a tiling window manager, which
means that it's a good window manager. means that it's a good window manager.
** Problems ** The setup
I just added a file ~stumpwm.desktop~:
#+BEGIN_SRC
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=XSession
Exec=stumpwm
TryExec=stumpwm
Name=StumpWM
Comment=Stump window manager
#+END_SRC
to ~/usr/share/xsessions/~, and then I could login to StumpWM via GDM.
** Links
+ [[http://stumpwm.antidesktop.net/][StumpWM]]
+ [[https://gitorious.org/nqpz-config/nqpz-config/blobs/raw/master/home/.stumpwmrc][My .stumpwmrc]]
** Old problems
/I have fixed these problems. They remain here for historical reasons only./
I never had any problems with StumpWM until I upgraded to Trisquel 4.0 and I never had any problems with StumpWM until I upgraded to Trisquel 4.0 and
Trisquel 4.5, after which StumpWM irregularly threw errors such as: Trisquel 4.5, after which StumpWM irregularly threw errors such as:
@ -20,16 +42,7 @@ GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-error-quark, 0). Exiting.
and also some fatal X errors which killed StumpWM and all its running and also some fatal X errors which killed StumpWM and all its running
programs. This naturally annoyed me. I soon realized that it had nothing to do programs. This naturally annoyed me. I soon realized that it had nothing to do
with Trisquel, it was just that dependencies on things like D-Bus was getting with Trisquel, it was just that dependencies on things like D-Bus was getting
on StumpWM's nerves. I had always used an Xsession file to login to StumpWM: on StumpWM's nerves. I had always used an Xsession file to login to StumpWM,
#+BEGIN_SRC
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=XSession
Exec=stumpwm
TryExec=stumpwm
Name=StumpWM
Comment=Stump window manager
#+END_SRC
but clearly, this wasn't good enough. Whenever I ran the default gnome-session but clearly, this wasn't good enough. Whenever I ran the default gnome-session
and whatever window manager was associated to that, there were no problems. And and whatever window manager was associated to that, there were no problems. And
while in gnome-session, I could always run: while in gnome-session, I could always run:
@ -41,7 +54,11 @@ was killed --- all windows were maintained. This made me realize that one could
create a script which starts a new StumpWM instance whenever an old StumpWM create a script which starts a new StumpWM instance whenever an old StumpWM
crashes, to create the illusion of a continually running StumpWM. crashes, to create the illusion of a continually running StumpWM.
** Solution *** Solution
I compiled StumpWM from git with SBCL instead of CLISP. Now it doesn't crash.
*** Original solution
I added this to my ~.profile~: I added this to my ~.profile~:
#+BEGIN_SRC sh #+BEGIN_SRC sh
@ -60,9 +77,3 @@ fi
You may also have to edit ~gnome-panel~ out of You may also have to edit ~gnome-panel~ out of
~/desktop/gnome/session/required_components~ in ~gconf-editor~. ~/desktop/gnome/session/required_components~ in ~gconf-editor~.
** Links
+ [[http://stumpwm.antidesktop.net/][StumpWM]]
+ [[https://gitorious.org/nqpz-config/nqpz-config/blobs/raw/master/home/.stumpwmrc][My .stumpwmrc]]