Ray Olszewski wrote: > > In principle, you could run X with no Window Manager, > just starting a single xterm when the X server starts. > I've never done this myself (I have read about the > procedure, in a *very* old book),
I ran X on an old 486 like this for several months. To see how it works, edit ~/.xinitrc ------------------------------------------------------ xsetroot -solid grey xcalc -geometry 200x300-0-0 -bg lightblue -font 9x15 & xclock -geometry 240x240+0-0 -bg yellow & xterm -font 9x15 ------------------------------------------------------ Then execute 'startx' > What I would suggest as a practical solution is for you > to run X with one of the lightweight Window Managers > ... say blackbox or icewm, I agree. On my 486, I went from no-wm to icewm and there was no noticeable effect on the speed. icewm adds a lot of functionality without using a lot of resources. Cheers, Steven ______________________________ http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
