Description of problem: 1. sawfish-ui never works b/c of a can't open socket error Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): sawfish-ui (sawfish 1.2-5) How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. /usr/bin/sawfish-ui 2. 3. Actual results: error: can't connect to socket /tmp/.sawfish-<user>/<hostname>:0.0 *** Error: can't connect to sawfish on display, :0.0 note: user and hostname would be those values and not <user> or <hostname> Expected results: the sawfish-ui manager Additional info: I want to install additional gnome themes. In particular, I want to modify window styles. Thta's all.
sawfish-ui only works if you're running sawfish. It should have a better error message, but this is an upstream issue; we don't do any active development on sawfish.
This has been an issue since Redhat 8, when Bluecurve was introduced. My question is if this won't be resolved as it is marked closed then what is the point in having in the redhat menu > preferences > more preferences > saw fish window manager > {focus behavior, key bindings,... etc,}. If these tools won't work then they are of no use and need to be removed.
sawfish-ui does work, but only when sawfish is running. By default sawfish is not the window manager. sawfish is provided on an as-is basis (other than packaging bugs which we address) because some people like it. We don't do active development on it and this will not change. If you find a Red Hat specific bug in Sawfish caused by us, we will address it.