Xmonad refuses to start automatically on 9.04

[mbana]

Binary package hint: xmonad

I can't seem to start xmonad automatically on the 9.04 Jaunty.

Before I upgraded (from Intrepid), I used the following commands to make xmonad by default windows managers.

   $ gconftool -t string -s /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/current xmonad
   $ gconftool -t string -s /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager xmonad
   $ killall metacity; xmonad &

These commands made my settings persistent, that is, it would load automatically even after rebooting. Unfortunately after updating xmonad doesn't start automatically any more, and I'm forced to open up a terminal and do

  $ xmonad &

which is highly frustrating. I've followed this http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Ubuntu_Intrepid, I've also asked on the #xmonad on freenode, but the only suggestions I got were to clean ~/.gconf, which I obviously don't want to do, and contact the packager.

At the moment I'm very tempted to just reformat and install intrepid, since I'm also being constantly bugged about corrupt index from this tracker app.

Thanks for your time.

Kind regards

[mbana (m.bana)]

it's interesting to note that i used the jaunty instructions whilst on intrepid and it worked, here's the link http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_in_Gnome#Ubuntu_Jaunty.

clearing out ~/.gconf isn't an option for me --- I don't want to lose my settings.

[pivo (pivo-pobox)]

Try to also add an xmonad launcher in the gnome-session-properties, that worked for me in jaunty. And let me know how it went. I've updated the haskellwiki page already.

[mbana (m.bana)]

Hi Pivo,

I added

  command: killall metacity ; xmonad &

still doesn't work.

[pivo (pivo-pobox)]

I meant just:

command: xmonad

It should create ~/.config/autostart/xmonad.desktop like:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=xmonad
Exec=xmonad

[mbana (m.bana)]

Pivo, it worked! :)

pivo wrote:
> I meant just:
>
> command: xmonad
>
> It should create ~/.config/autostart/xmonad.desktop like:
> [Desktop Entry]
> Type=Application
> Name=xmonad
> Exec=xmonad
>

[mbana (m.bana)]

say, I wanted to switch to compiz, how would I do that?