Re: [STUMP] bug: launching stumpwm automatically under GNOME loses keys, manually doesn't

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:45:25 -0600 Iain Dalton <address@hidden> wrote: 

ID> I create ~/.local/share/applications/stumpwm.desktop (attached) so I
ID> can tell GNOME to use it as a WM.  In gconf, I set
ID> /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager to stumpwm.
ID> I restart GNOME to effect the change.  Results:

ID> * gnome-panel doesn't show up
ID> * C-t ? shows about 1/3 of keyboard shortcuts missing.  C-t M-Left and
ID> other directions are missing.

ID> If I set windowmanager to compiz, then kill compiz once GNOME starts,
ID> and launch stumpwm, gnome-panel shows up (albeit at the top rather
ID> than the bottom where I had it) and all shortcuts work.  Note that I
ID> don't have any custom shortcuts set, if fact I reproduced this without
ID> any ~/.stumpwmrc file.

Try putting just this in your ~/.gnomerc

export WINDOW_MANAGER=/home/tzz/source/stumpwm/stumpwm

and then start Gnome normally.  That doesn't require all the work you've
detailed, and works well for me.

Ted