Re: broke my GWorkspace...

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi Gaël,

Gaël Elegoët wrote:
> Hi Riccardo,
>
> Actually I've finally managed to install GWorkspace yesterday evening (late).
> sudo make install would not work as I've mentioned, giving me errors. Then 
> after the nnth coffee the idea came to try just login as root… so, su,
> then make install, and it worked. I have now GWorkspace-0.9.3 working.
> But with drawbacks, that is :
> It can be launched only from a Term window. I use Windowmaker 0.95.7,
> so GWorkspace appears on the desktop once launched, then if I quit it and try 
> to re-launch it form that very icon, it won't work.
> Trying from "Run" in the WMaker app menu , or other options like from wmbutton, 
> doesn't work also…even if I try /usr/local/bin/GWorkspace. Only from the Term.
You need to source GNUstep.sh / GNUstep.csh before launching the window 
manager ! that way it will execute fine, you can also put GS apps in the 
Menu (but since you use Debian, it will be managed for you I think)

I would propose putting it in .xinitrc or .xsession, before exec'ing 
your window manager

> Other problem I've found is that it doesn't want to make images thumbnail 
> icons. But I suppose I need to install something else to have


true, for me it doesn't work anynmore! but it did! it calls a executable 
to do it: "thumbnailer"
The code didn't change since years AFAIK. So well, debugging is needed. 
I actually don't even see the the executable on my system!!!

Riccardo