On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 06:17:44PM -0700, Fred wrote: > On 5/18/22 17:46, 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. > > > > Ralph. > > _______________________________________________ > > Dng mailing list > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > Hi Ralph, > > I assume that when I install fvwm first it won't automagically replace > openbox?
I donät think so. I installed fvwm on my xfce without hiccup. Though I havenät tried rebooting yet. > Your sudo command line and following commands are executed in an openbox > xterm which starts fvwm in the "void" and the C-A-F9 switches out of openbox > and into fvwm? Yes, all fine. > > When I am done evaluating fvwm I can stop it by kill -9 whatever-its-PID is? > Or is there a proper way? Yes. Will need sudo of course, since Xorg is owned by root. regards, Ralph. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
