> If you don't want any of the gnome environment, then you may be able to > select "failsafe with xterm" or similar. This will drop you into a plain > xterm where you can run your WM of choice. I'd recommend putting a copy > in your home folder since your usb drive won't work nicely without > gnome/dbus/etc. > > Cheers, > sV > > On 17 February 2010 07:48, Aidan Gauland <[email protected]> wrote: > > Solor Vox wrote: > > > The problem is (gnome|kde)-session is the parent that spawns all > > > sub-processes, including metacity/compiz/etc WM that you want to > > > replace. Furthermore, the login manager, usualy gdm, spawns the > > > session inside an xinit process. So you'll most likely end of up > > > killing your X server and everything else after login. What you can > > > do is use "--replace" to gracefuly replace the WM instead of killing > > > the session. If your window manager supports that it of course, but > > > many do. > > > > With which program do I use "--replace"? On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:36:45 Solor Vox wrote: > Your WM of choice. So it would be something like compiz --replace &, > metacity --replace &, twm --replace &, etc. Adding the & to run in the > background. Be aware if you close the shell it will kill the WM. To > prevent this you should run "disown %1" after running your WM command. > That way the shell doesn't kill your WM when if close the terminal > window. > Check the WM's manual for the --replace option first however. If you're trying to run blackbox for instance, the above won't work.
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