On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:46:31AM +1000, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 02:47:25PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I normally use openbox for window manager but I would like to try fvwm. Can > > this be done without disrupting openbox and how to do it? > > Run X on a free virtual terminal, then you'll start fvwm and, say, > xterm on that: > > E.g.: > > $ sudo /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -nolisten tcp -auth $HOME/fvwm-trial.auth :2 vt09 > $ DISPLAY=:2 > $ fvwm& > $ xterm& > > That will start an X server on vt9 with display identity :2, with fvwm > and an xterm. Shift to it with C-A-F9 and shift back with C-A-F7. >
I lost the ">& $HOME/fvwm.log &" bit at the end of the first line. Ralph. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
