Re: configuration files not respected on ubuntu?

I removed the ubuntu package and manually installed from the ion3 
tarball.  My configuration changes now seem to work correctly from the 
~/.ion3 directory.  It is a shame that the Ubuntu package is so out of 
date, though :(

The only tricky part was adding a new file to start ion3 from GDM:
$ cat /usr/share/gdm/BuiltInSessions/ion3.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Ion3
Comment=A tiling tabbed window manager designed with keyboard users in mind.
Exec=ion3
TryExec=ion3
# no icon yet, only the top three are currently used
Icon=
Type=Application


thanks for your help!

Red

Nick Murdoch wrote:
> Red Daly wrote:
>   
>> p.s.  I am running the ion3 that I apt-got with my ubuntu feisty machine.
>>     
>>> $ ion3 -V
>>> 3ds-20061029
>>>       
>
> Ubuntu are shipping software that old?! Even Debian (sid) has
> 3rc-20070708 at the moment. Are you sure you haven't forgotten to
> apt-get update first?
>
> Hint: download and build from source. I managed it with ion2 on Solaris
> a couple of years ago; if I can do that you can manage it fine on Ubuntu.
> l
> Oh, and read the FAQ
> http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/faq/entries/Reporting_bugs.html :)
> Removing all Gnome software on a Ubuntu box should be fun. Presumably
> installing xdm (how do you feel about kdm, Tuomo?) and writing a simple
> .xsession (mine has one line: "ion2") is good enough to eliminate any
> side effects of Gnome just for testing that the bug is real?
>
> Nick
>