wmii on dapper

[extole]

I installed the wmii 2-2 package from the universe repository via synaptic. I rebooted and only my desktop showed up. My panels weren't there. And there was an error message to the effect "detected a panel already running, exiting"

I expected to be able to pick in gdm to use wmii but I wasn't given the option.

[Daniel Baumann (daniel-baumann)]

Source: wmii
Source-Version: 2.5.1-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
wmii, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

wmii_2.5.1-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/w/wmii/wmii_2.5.1-1.diff.gz
wmii_2.5.1-1.dsc
  to pool/main/w/wmii/wmii_2.5.1-1.dsc
wmii_2.5.1-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/w/wmii/wmii_2.5.1-1_i386.deb
wmii_2.5.1.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/w/wmii/wmii_2.5.1.orig.tar.gz

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Baumann <email address hidden> (supplier of updated wmii package)

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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:42:00 +0100
Source: wmii
Binary: wmii
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.5.1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Daniel Baumann <email address hidden>
Description:
 wmii - lightweight tabbed and tiled X11 window manager
Closes: 345390
Changes:
 wmii (2.5.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release.
   * Removed now obsolete binary-package python2.3-libixp.
   * Removed conflict to wmifs, upstream did rename the binary accordingly.
   * Added icon and desktop entry for login-session managers (Closes: #345390).
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[extole (extole)]

I installed the wmii 2-2 package from the universe repository via synaptic. I rebooted and only my desktop showed up. My panels weren't there. And there was an error message to the effect "detected a panel already running, exiting"

I expected to be able to pick in gdm to use wmii but I wasn't given the option.

[extole (extole)]

If you install Ratpoison from the universe repository, it is added as a session option in GDM. Wmii should do the same after it's installed.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Fixed in Feisty, and maybe Edgy too.