solaris newbie: help me install WindowMaker on solaris 8

[purpledemon]

Hi ...
i really dont like OpenWindows or the CDE desktop and im too much of a newbie to go without a GUI altogether ...
so .. i was tryin to install WindowMaker ...
but i havent been able to find a good set of instructions on how to do it ..

this is what ive done so far ...
1. download the source
2. configure, make and make install (all of thse worked .. i did not get any errors)

this is where im confused as to what i should do ...
i followed a piece of the FAQ at WindowMaker.org and made these 2 files :-
1. /usr/dt/config/C/Xresources.d/Xresources.wm
2. /usr/dt/config/Xsession.wm

when i logout and log back in .... i get the choice of windowmaker ... but it never comes up
it switched to blank screen and looks like its tryin to do something
and then just dumps me out back to the login prompt

anybody have any experience with this ? ideas ? suggestions ?

your help is greatly appreciated

 

[LNXman]

First, check if you are including the location of where wmaker has been installed in the PATH within your startup session scripts.

If that does not work, then start Xsun with failsafe and the run your startup script within the default shell. If there are any errors when loading, then they will be echoed to the stdout of the shell.
If you want to really be anal (and trace everything), you can run the scripts with the -x option
EX.

sh -x /usr/dt/config/Xsession.wm


GL

NOTE: Make sure you are not making any calls to dtsession, or and of the dt* derivatives within your Xsession.wm script. That sometimes causes problems as well.