John B., I really appreciate you taking the time to answer questions in such a thorough manner. I've been learning alot from reading your answers.
Thanks, John Hebert --- john beamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are several ways you can select between window > managers. > > First, if you put the name of an X client (wmaker, > gnome-session, kde, > blackbox) in a $HOME/.Xclients file, and make it > executable (chmod +x > .Xclients), startx will read it and start that > client for you. Mine just > has the word "gnome-session" in it, but I run > WindowMaker out of my > graphical login manager. > > Second, you can edit a few files and add your wm of > choice to the xdm > login menu. Speaking from a RedHat layout, your > graphical login configs > will be somewhere under /etc/X11, in the Xsession > file and in at least one > other file that depends on your login manager. If > you're using KDE by > default, they'll be in the "kdmrc" file. If you > installed Ximian or > something else that made Gnome your default and your > login manager, > they'll be files in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions as simple > two-line shell scripts > that are pretty self-explanatory. > > I have kdm running as a login manager, and I looked > for mentions of > "failsafe" and "twm" in the /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc file. > They're in a "case" > statement around line 100 on my box... > > case $1 in > gnome) > exec -l $SHELL -c "gnome-session" > ;; > kde) > exec -l $SHELL -c > "/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.kde" > ;; > ## if you install WindowMaker by rpm, it will place > a "switchdesk" file > ## that you can reference like so > windowmaker) > exec -l $SHELL -c > "/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.windowmaker" > ;; > esac > > If you didn't install by rpm or otherwise don't find > that switchdesk file, > it reads as follows... > > #!/bin/bash > exec /usr/bin/wmaker > > ... and is executable. > > I have a similar case statement in my > /etc/X11/xdm/Xsessions file, which > is probably purely for running the standard xdm > login manager instead of > the kdm login manager that comes with KDE and has > the little dragon on it. > > -- > -j > > John Beamon > > On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Chopin Cusachs wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 06:57:27 -0500 > > From: Chopin Cusachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Another Quick Poll.. > > > > > > Will be back to the battle this week, but would > probably have voted for KDE if > > my Red Hat 7.3 box didn't lock up when I try to > start KDE. Have blackbox and > > another downloaded but not yet installed, but want > to run down a bug or two > > on the > > system before more experiments. Have had > problems with setting up DUN, too. > > Linux box dual boots and the other OS seems to > communicate well with the world. > > > > > > Newbie question: If I have several GUIs > installed, how can I select one > > from them > > from the command line? Startx runs the default. > Are there parameters I > > have so > > far missed that permit selecting another? Gnome > is installed, too. > > > > Think I have a deeper problem than simply GUI; > have trouble getting the command > > line setup program to cooperate. > > > > Choppy > > > > At 10:40 PM 6/1/02 -0500, you wrote: > > >Now for another poll... > > > > > >What is your favorite Window Manager? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
