Re: Application windows don't open (OSX)

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Campbell Farquhar wrote (in a message from Sunday 8)
 > Hi
 > 
 > I've got Xfree86 4.3 installed on a Titanium Powerbook with Mac OS 10.2.8. I installed it using Fink Commander, after first removing Apple X11.
 > 
 > Now when I start an application the windows don't open by themselves. Instead I get a small bar which appears at the top left of the screen. Then I click on the screen somewhere and that's where the window appears.
 > 
 > Not much of a problem compared to others, but I have to do half a dozen clicks whenever Gimp opens! So if anyone understands what the problem is and can help I'd appreciate it.
 > 

This is the default behaviour of the twm window manager. You can
change it by adding the 'RandomPlacement' directive to you .twmrc
configuration file, (or create a .xinitrc that will launch another
window manager, like Apple's quartz-wm). 

					Matthieu
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