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> I haven't tried using xmonad with the ubuntu panel and stuff, so I don't know about that. Use XMonad.Config.Gnome.gnomeConfig as your base config. Log in wit
by jamii 15y ago
> I haven't tried using xmonad with the ubuntu panel and stuff, so I don't know about that.
Use XMonad.Config.Gnome.gnomeConfig as your base config. Log in with gnome as normal and do:
pkill metacity
pkill compiz
sleep 3
xmonad &
Not the most elegant solution, but it works.
- pyre 15y agoThat worked with Gnome 2, but I'm not sure how well that will work with Gnome 3 and/or Unity. Unity is pretty tied to Compiz (some portion of it is implemented as a Compiz plugin). At this point, it's probably easier to either create your own session script to start up the parts of Gnome that you want along with XMonad (e.g. gnome-screensaver, gnome-power-manager, etc) or to see about using XMonad as the window manager for XFCE. Also, you used to be able to set the $WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable in ~/.gnomerc, to turn on XMonad as the window manager.
- bct 15y ago> ...create your own session script to start up the parts of Gnome that you want along with XMonad... On Ubuntu at least I've had success with http://markhansen.co.nz/xmonad-ubuntu-oneiric/ http://markhansen.co.nz/xmonad-ubuntu-oneiric/ (Having the launcher floating around is annoying though, and removing it from the gnome-session file had some unpleasant side-effect that I don't remember.)
- dfc 15y agoCan't you just select the session you want from gdm? Or did ubuntu take away that picker menu?
- pyre 15y agoThe default xmonad session just launches xmonad. Usually people want other things like pulse-audio, a power manager (like gnome-power-manager), etc launched. This is why people want to use XMonad as Gnome's window manager.