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Re: [trinity-users] no Trinity 3.5.13-sru desktop in OpenSUSE 13.1 after install

From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@...>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 19:42:49 +0100
On Sunday 17 May 2015 18:59:05 A LEUNG wrote:
> On 1 May 2015 at 17:37, Felix Miata <mrmazda@...> wrote:
> > A LEUNG composed on 2015-05-01 16:55 (UTC+1000):
> >> I got no Trinity 3.5.13-sru desktop in OpenSUSE 13.1 after install.
> >>
> >> I choose OpenSUSE 13.1 because it is to a Evergeen OpenSUSE with
> >> extended support.
> >>
> >> I followed the instruction in
> >> https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/OpenSUSEInstall
> >>
> >> even edit file "/etc/sysconfig/displaymanager" and set
> >> DISPLAYMANAGER="tdm"
> >
> > Above matches my 13.1.
> >
> >> And althought I got triinity login manager
> >>
> >> the desktop that started reveral to Lxde, the other desktop I installed.
> >
> > From the login manager one must select the session type TDE if it isn't
> > the default or last used.
> >
> >> I tried to edit  "/etc/sysconfig/windowmanager" and set
> >> WINDOWMANAGER="Twin" or "KDE", "tde" or even
> >> WINDOWMANAGER="/opt/trinity/bin/startkdm"
> >>
> >> it seems to be still hardcoded as described in
> >>
> >> http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::4125
> >>
> >> Any one have suggestion on making trinity start after login?
> >
> > WINDOWMANAGER is not valid in /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager AFAIK.
> >
> >         DEFAULT_WM="tde"
> >
> > Above works for my 13.1 on host gx28c, but it is using
> > trinity-tdm-14.0.0-1, not 3.5.13.
> >
> > On my 13.1 host big41 with 3.5.13.2-3, those settings strings are the
> > same, but instead of a greeter I get a mini window that tells me I need
> > to Ctrl-Alt-Del to begin that ignores Ctrl-Alt-Del, so I have to login on
> > a vtty and use startx to start TDE.
>
> Sorry for the late reply, installinmg OpenSUSE 13.1 with trinity prove
> very challenging.
>
> Your suggest worked but I decide to reinstall a mimimum x session then
> put trinity on, as from the past
> that soem times the newly install desktop might not become default
> even you choose it, unless you manually
> edit it in the proper section in /etc/sysconfig
>
> I think I can help you with  Ctrl-Alt-Del problem, as I discover you
> have to hit the other del key in the In-Del-Home-End-Pgup-PgDn block
> on your keyboard to get it to work.
>
> I have to comment on the lack of polish when Trinity  3.5.13-sru is
> installed, I mean it all worked but when using Yast
> to install applications, it got put into the proper top level menu,
> but there is no sub menus like in KDE 3. So of you install a lot of
> applicatons, it all ended up in a large almost unmanagable mess.
> Should one regard Trinity  3.5.13-as not getting any attention at all
> with all effort focus on R 14 series ?

No - but Suse is not officially supported.  See
https://www.trinitydesktop.org/releases.php
and
https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/LiveCDs
for distros which are officially supported.

I am using 13.5.13.2 right now and my menu is fine and well sorted, but I run 
Debian.

Lisi