To start an alternate window manager go to the /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and
edit this file. Be sure to back it up first by typing
cp xinitrc xinitrc.bak
Now If you totally mess up that file you can restore is by
cp xinitrc.bak xinitrc
Next you should find in the last line of xinitrc a line that reads
exec /user/bin/gnome-session
comment out that line by putting a # in front
then add this line
exec fvwm2
and you are done. There are some other winows managers you can try by
replacing fvwm2 with "twm" or "AnotherLevel" or "fvwm." Try them out and
see how you like them. In some of these there is no "START" button per se.
You click the right, middle, or left button in open desktop space and it
brings up a menu of options. If you panic and cannot get the windomanager
to work right for you and cannot figure out how to get out type
"CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE" and that will dump you out of X and mack to the
console.
Have fun.
Paul Chen wrote:
> hi:
> First thank you for you help!
> But I still have some problem,now I am running GNOME,how can I not
> running
> GNOME when I start X windows?What change should I do?
> For I used Linux only several days, so lots problem I don't
> know,sorry for
> bother you again!
> thanks,
>
> Paul chen/Process Engineer.
> Phone: 0086-571-6912888-7106
> Hangzhou Motorola Cellular Subsriber Co.,Ltd.
> Road No.1,HETZ, Hangzhou, China,
> 310018
>
> > ----------
> > From: Robert Haehnel[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 8:18 PM
> > To: Paul Chen
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re:
> >
> > I'm running Slackware 3.9 at home with 24Meg RAM and it works just
> > fine.
> > But I am using fvwm95 as a windo manager and not GNOME. Though GNOME
> > is a
> > nice GUI it aslo consumes considerably more memory. Also running with
> > as
> > little memory as 32Meg, you need to think about which apps you want to
> > use.
> > For example Star Office requires 30Meg RAM minimum. With 24Meg RAM
> > there is
> > a fair amount of swapping taking place just to get Netscape up. With
> > GNOME, every time I clicked on something (e.g. to open their editor)
> > it
> > would start swapping.
> >
> > So though 2 years ago 32Meg seemed like a lot, it isn't much with
> > todays
> > windose and Linux apps. Either use X apps that ask for less memory (e.
> > g.
> > nedit, emacs, fvwm, Ted ....) or add more memory. At least 64Meg. I
> > run 128
> > on my work machine and that seems to be about right. At work I'm
> > running
> > GNOME and with that and a few apps running about 1/2 of my RAM is
> > consumed.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Paul Chen wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all:
> > > I run RedHat6.0 on K6-II-266,32M Memory,When I start X
> > windows,In
> > > system info,I found system has used 94% Memory,when I use X11Amp to
> > > play Mp3,these does not play,did I Must to add Memory?? or can
> > anyone
> > > tell me
> > > how to reduce memory consume?
> > > becase I am a chinese,so i want to mount chinese font,so in
> > > Redhat6.0,
> > > it can display chinese,who can tell me where can found it.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Paul chen/Process Engineer.
> > > Phone: 0086-571-6912888-7106
> > > Hangzhou Motorola Cellular Subsriber Co.,Ltd.
> > > Road No.1,HETZ, Hangzhou, China,
> > > 310018
> >
> > --
> >
> > Robert B. Haehnel
> > Ice Engineering Research Division
> > Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
> > 72 Lyme Road
> > Hanover, NH 03755-1290
> >
> > Phone: (603)646-4325
> > Fax: (603)646-4477
> > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > web: http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil
> >
> >
> >
--
Robert B. Haehnel
Ice Engineering Research Division
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Road
Hanover, NH 03755-1290
Phone: (603)646-4325
Fax: (603)646-4477
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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