I just started another Xfce session by typing "startx -- :1". I am pretty sure you can also use "startxfce4" without editing the file that you are editing.
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Randy Westlund <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for a better way to manage multiple WMs. > > I launch X with startx. I also use multiple window managers. I'm > primarily on xmonad because I love tiling WMs, but I also keep xfce around > for whever I developing a GUI or letting my fiancee use my machine. My > procedure for starting multiple managers is this: > > - log in > - startx > - login on tty2 > - edit .xinitrc (shown below) > - startx -- :1 > > .xinitrc goes from: > > > exec xmonad > > #exec startxfce4 > > to: > > #exec xmonad > > exec startxfce4 > > Then I can switch between tty7 and tty8 at will. Usually I don't start > xfce at all, but for the times when I do, I'd be nice to do this without > editing a file. Can I simplify this process? Is there anyone else who > uses multiple WMs? How do you manage them? > > Randy > > -- Willie Matthews [email protected]
