Missing xwmconfig
 

Hello, I just upgraded from slackware 11.0 to 12.0.
With slack 11.0 I also had dropline gnome installed.

I followed the procedure described in "CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT" upto step 12 it all went ok, only during step 5 I got the message that a/sed was already installed.

But xwmconfig is nowhere to be seen. do I miss packages?
During step 9 I used "upgradepkg --install-new slackware/*/*.tgz" for both CD1 and CD2.

root@ron:~# updatedb
root@ron:~# slocate xwmconfig
root@ron:~#

once when i had that problem i simply created my own xinitrc in /etc/X11/xinit/ and added the following to the text file:

~/.xinitrc

then whatever the user wanted for a desktop could make their own .xinitrc in their home directory to choose whatever desktop they wanted...

it is a quick and dirty method to solve the problem until you fix it in a cleaner & more elegant method...

thats all xwmconfig does is point a symlink in /etc/X11/xinit/ (xinitrc) to another file in the same directory like xinitrc.kde or xinitrc.xfce <eg> xinitrc.$your_choice_of_desktop$

If you decide you want the package, on the box I have with Slackware 12.0, xwmconfig came from pkgtools-12.0.0-noarch-4.tgz.

gilead is right, i should have included in my first reply, simply re-installing pkgtools should fix it for you...

Okie, Gilead,

The package pkgtools-12.0.0-noarch-4 is installed.
see content below there is no xwmconfig in it.
Is the package not complete?

Can one of you do
grep xwmconfig /var/log/packages/*

Only wondering how to re-install this package.
If I remove it (removepkg), I cannot install it with installpkg!?

rhermsen@ron:~$ cd /var/log/packages/
rhermsen@ron:/var/log/packages$ ls -la pkgtools*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1375 2007-08-24 23:59 pkgtools-12.0.0-noarch-4
rhermsen@ron:/var/log/packages$ cat pkgtools-12.0.0-noarch-4
PACKAGE NAME: pkgtools-12.0.0-noarch-4
COMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE: 36 K
UNCOMPRESSED PACKAGE SIZE: 130 K
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./pkgtools-12.0.0-noarch-4.tgz
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
pkgtools: pkgtools (The Slackware package maintenance system)
pkgtools:
pkgtools: This package contains utilities for handling Slackware packages.
pkgtools: Included are the command line utilities 'installpkg', 'removepkg',
pkgtools: 'makepkg', 'explodepkg', and 'upgradepkg' that install, remove,
pkgtools: build, examine, and upgrade software packages. Also included are
pkgtools: 'pkgtool', a menu based program for installing packages, removing
pkgtools: packages, or viewing the packages that are installed on the system,
pkgtools: documentation (man pages), and a few other system admin scripts.
pkgtools:
pkgtools:
FILE LIST:
./
var/
var/log/
var/log/setup/
var/log/setup/setup.80.make-bootdisk
var/log/setup/setup.services
var/log/setup/tmp/
var/log/setup/setup.70.install-kernel
var/log/setup/setup.htmlview
var/log/setup/setup.90.modem-device
usr/
usr/man/
usr/man/man8/
usr/man/man8/installpkg.8.gz
usr/man/man8/pkgtool.8.gz
usr/man/man8/explodepkg.8.gz
usr/man/man8/upgradepkg.8.gz
usr/man/man8/makepkg.8.gz
usr/man/man8/removepkg.8.gz
sbin/
sbin/makebootdisk
sbin/upgradepkg
sbin/pkgtool
sbin/explodepkg
sbin/removepkg
sbin/installpkg
sbin/makepkg
install/
install/slack-desc
rhermsen@ron:/var/log/packages$

xwmconfig is in the x/x11-skel-7.1-noarch-6.tgz package

Eric

Bedankt Eric,

Looks that I missed this one during step 8 of the upgrade steps.
Have to look carefully if I'm missing other stuff.

Sorry, my mistake - the box I was looking at was Slackware 11 (although I used a version 12 package name). I should have checked which session I was logged into before posting...

FYI, I upgraded a second system and encountered the same issue.