gnome-core for DEBIAN ---------------------- The gnome-core source package contains the code for the following programs: * desktop-properties - for customizing your X desktop, mouse and keyboard * gnome-terminal - a terminal emulator * the gnome session manager - this will save the state of Gnome apps when you log out, and restart them when you log back in. * panel - an application launcher / menu / dock * the help-browser To use the gnome-session manager with startx or xinit, you need to edit your .xinitrc file. The previous maintainers' .xinitrc file looked something like this: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # This calls our default window-manager /usr/bin/x-window-manager& # You can replace the line above by seting a WINDOW_MANAGER environment # variable to set your preferred WM. export WINDOW_MANAGER=sawfish # This starts up GNOME exec /usr/bin/gnome-session ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: If you don't have gnome-session set up at the end of your .xinitrc where it does the "exec" (perhaps your window manager is there) - you won't be able to use the session manager to handle the logging out process (where it will save the state of all your apps). Another small tip: Here's the line you probably need in your /etc/fstab for the drive mount applet: /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 Cheers, - Jim Jim Pick , Mon, 16 Mar 1998 15:27:43 -0800 & - James LewisMoss