Running OSF Motif from KDE under Mandrake Linux 6.0 (PC Answers fixed
distribution)
Can anyone help?
I bought commercial Motif SWIM 2.0 for Linux in 1996 from Lasermoon who are
sadly not trading now. It worked well with Slackware Linux 3.0 which could
unload itself and execute alternative window managers. I developed some
useful OpenGL software with this configuration.
I have tried in vain to run Motif under KDE. I noted in KDE documentation
that:
kwmcom go:<window manager>
might work where I used motif as <windows manager> .
SWIM documentation suggests that "simply typing mwm &" in an xterm would
boot Motif. This did not work under Slackware. However it was possible to
boot Motif under "other windows manager" menu. SWIM insists that the
current (e.g. KDE) manager must be stopped before starting Motif manager.
I have looked at /usr/share/config/kdmrc for clues. How does one make KDE
aware of other windows managers and is there a compliance issue here? Maybe
things could be resolved in "startx" as a last resort.
Your expertise will be most welcome,
Regards,
Gerry
