J Herzfeld wrote: >I am not sure if this is a newbie or an expert question, so apologies >if I am wrong (anyway I am not subscribed to the newbie list) > >My system (8.2) brings up KDE on boot up. >I'd rather it would stop at the console and not start up KDE or >Gnome or anything. > >After I do my console thing, I'd bring up whatever WM I wanted by >hand. I am anxious to try out some new less resource intensive >WM's. > > >Thanks. > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > OK in Mandrake Control Center Select Boot=>Boot Config and untick the "Launch the X window system at start"
Then open a terminal and su to root urpmi Xtart (note that this one has an update and it should be installed from a security mirror. The latest version is at www.civileme.net/Software and is not yet an rpm, but is ready to be made executable and dropped into /usr/bin) Then reboot You will come up in console and Xtart will present you a menu of Window managers. If you select 0, which is not on the menu, it brings up X raw with an xterm running and you can use that to start new test WMs by hand. To make a new WM usable by Xtart and kdm, use the files in /etc/X11/wmsession.d as a guide. Civileme
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
