Bug 29792 – Improper Sawfish configuration

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Lindsay Haisley 2003-09-28 02:40:12 UTC]

The file /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties/Sawfish.desktop is incorrect after
sawfish is installed.  See patch below.

Version of gnome-desktop is 2.2.2
Version of Sawfish is 1.3

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click menu item Destop Preferences | Windows
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Error box with "Can't start the preferences application for your window manager.
Window manager 'Sawfish' has not registered a configuration tool"

Expected Results:  
Should run sawfish-ui

The following diff on /usr/share/gnome/wm-properties/Sawfish.desktop, applied as
a patch, fixes the problem.  I don't know if _all_ the changes are necessary,
but they work.  Config options are apparently in the wrong sections.  The
working changes were pulled from sawfish on a box running Debian testing (sarge).

--- Sawfish.desktop.orig        2003-09-28 04:19:52.000000000 -0500
+++ Sawfish.desktop     2003-09-28 04:19:52.000000000 -0500
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 NAme[tr]=Sawfish
 Exec=sawfish
 TryExec=sawfish
-
-[Window Manager]
 ConfigExec=sawfish-ui
 ConfigTryExec=sawfish-ui
+Terminal=false
+MultipleArgs=false
+
+[Window Manager]
 SessionManaged=true

[Comment 1 foser (RETIRED) 2003-10-12 10:49:38 UTC]

fixed 1.3 to use the the .desktop from the tarball instead of our own. Should
fix this.

Thanks for your report.