Broken default configuration

[Tero Karvinen]

Binary package hint: larswm

Larswm default configuration opens to a desktop that does not work. Even logging out without rebooting is difficult.

To reproduce on 6.06 LTS Dapper
1) $ sudo apt-get install larswm
2) MainMenu: Quit: Switch User
3) (On login screen): Session: larswm. Type username and password normally.

What should happen: You should get a usable desktop. Starting programs should be easy. There should be a way of logging out. Window placement should work as adverticed.

What actually happens (the bug): Blank (blue) screen, with gray status line on the bottom. Only thing that works is changing workspace by rolling wheel on the status line, but even that's not obvious. There seems to be no way to start programs. Mouse buttons do nothing. Keyboard seems to do nothing. There is no way to log out.

What should be done: Provide a default configuration that works. Make it easy to start programs and log out. Make window placement work automatically.

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

I get a brown screen rather than a blue one - but nothing else. Clicking on the numbers on the bottom right seemed to highlight different ones but that was it. I had to turn the machine off to restart..

[Rafal Zawadzki (bluszcz)]

To fix it you can copy default configuration by:
cp /usr/share/doc/larswm/examples/sample.larswmrc ~/.larswmrc

This is working for me - Jaunty 32bit.

However, on my notebook keyboard default configuration doesn't allow for many commands ;)