-- On 2007-11-09 -0500 at 11:57:40 JONATHAN C RUTH wrote --

> Hello,
> 
> This follow-up is a bit late, but I wanted to confirm Troy Dawson's
> recommendation.
> 
> The problem I found was that the file
> </usr/share/xsessions/icewm.desktop> was missing, not just on my laptop,
> but on a desktop box also running SL4.5.  I located the file
> </usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions/icewm.desktop> and copying it over to
> </usr/share/xsessions/> restored IceWM to the Sessions menu.
> 
> I've run YUMEX a few times since without incident, so the cause of the
> disappearance is a mystery.
> 

       Hello,
       we never had this problem, but in the file :

        /usr/share/switchdesk/Xclients.icewm

       we have to replace :

       WM="icewm"

       by :

       WM="icewm-session"

       for ~/.icewm/startup works.


> [...]

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                               Robert FRANCHISSEUR

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