Here's what happened to xfwm4

John Summerfield debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Mon May 12 15:22:39 UTC 2008


Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> 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.

How ought I have found xfce-desktop? "yum grouplist" gives me XFCE, but 
not xfce-desktop and that leaves me wondering whether there are other 
groups I don't see. Something for icewm or fcwm for example.





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