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#19
Originally Posted by qole View Post
Matan: I'm obviously not doing something right. I renamed your matchbox-window-manager to "matchbox-window-manager-matan" and copied the /etc/osso-af-init/matchbox.sh script to matchbox-matan.sh, and then I changed the new script to point to your mb-w-m instead of the standard one. I tried to shut down the mb-w-m (using the old matchbox.sh script) and then start the new one (using the new matchbox-matan.sh script) and it did really weird things; the stylus keyboard was up in the top left corner, I couldn't switch windows properly, the decorations disappeared... wow... it's almost as if the new window manager didn't start at all, even though the script acted like it did... no errors, just not working.
It sounds very like the wm didn't start. Assuming you have a ssh link up, see if it's in ps output?
Perhaps I have to name it "matchbox-window-manager"? I won't be able to include this version in my package if I can't keep the old wm; completely replacing the wm is too invasive a procedure to inflict on the general public...
Well, I don't think it would need to be that invasive... You could divert the original matchbox-window-manager. In fact, I think this would be the least invasive option to get it to start with the new wm at bootup, which seems preferable. There's no downside to the new one. I suppose, though, until you tweak the config (and then restart anyway), there's no benefit... so maybe that's not a worthy goal.