On 30/08/10 02:56, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
I've recently set up xmonad on Ubuntu 10.04, and I think it's a testament to xmonad's ease of use that after only three days, the biggest problem I'm having is this:
I've got some applications that are run at startup, including Skype. Under gnome (or do I mean metacity?) Skype shows up only in the system tray, no window. Under xmonad, Skype runs (if someone calls me a floating window appears), but since it has no window I seem to have no means of interacting with it. Is there some way I can call it up? Or at worst, have it start with an actual window?
As other people have already responded you need some sort of panel/notification area where skype and other applications can display their icon when minimised. Once you have that up and running though, you might run into another issue. One that I haven't found any solution to yet. Some applications seem to minimise just fine under other WMs, but refuse to do so under xmonad. The only application I frequently use suffering from this is empathy. If you run into the same issue, and manage to solve it, then please pass on the information :-) /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe