Here's what happened to xfwm4

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Mon May 12 12:55:05 UTC 2008


John Summerfield wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> John Summerfield wrote:
>>> I installed it, but don't get to choose it when logging in.
>>> Here, I think, is why:
>>> [summer at potoroo ~]$ rpm -qi  xfwm4
>>> Name        : xfwm4                        Relocations: (not 
>>> relocatable)
>>> Version     : 4.4.2                             Vendor: Fedora Project
>>> Release     : 3.fc9                         Build Date: Wed 30 Apr 
>>> 2008 04:29:14 AM WST
>>> Install Date: Mon 12 May 2008 11:11:39 AM WST      Build Host: 
>>> xenbuilder2.fedora.redhat.com
>>> Group       : User Interface/Desktops       Source RPM: 
>>> xfwm4-4.4.2-3.fc9.src.rpm
>>> Size        : 2655388                          License: GPLv2+
>>> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Thu 01 May 2008 01:44:19 AM WST, Key ID 
>>> b44269d04f2a6fd2
>>> Packager    : Fedora Project
>>> URL         : http://www.xfce.org/
>>> Summary     : Next generation window manager for Xfce
>>> Description :
>>> xfwm4 is a window manager compatible with GNOME, GNOME2, KDE2, KDE3 
>>> and Xfce.
>>> [summer at potoroo ~]$ rpm -ql xfwm4 | grep xsessions
>>> [summer at potoroo ~]$
>>>
>>>
>>> I gather it should be tucking a .desktop file into /usr/share/xsessions/ 
>>
>> Install xfce-utils for the session file. You can find this by using 
> 
> I was wondering whether  xfce4-session is the correct package.

Fedora is just following upstream here.

# yum groupinstall "XFCE" or xfce-desktop if you don't know what 
packages you need.

Rahul




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