Here's what happened to xfwm4

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Mon May 12 12:31:51 UTC 2008


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 
repoquery from yum-utils package.

Rahul




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