On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 06:11, Pedro Blom wrote: > On Friday 29 October 2004 16.02, JoeHill wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:28:10 +0100 > > > > Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > > > (Yes Joe I know pekwm is better, but its not so easy to install) > > > > If he could build Fluxbox he could build Pekwm. However, Pek is nowhere > > near as easy to configure I'll give you that, and of course once it's > > installed you almost *have to* start it from text mode, not KDM or > > whatever. > > > > Even Fluxbox is easier to customise if you start it from text mode, ie. > > dockapps and other things you want to start with Flux. > > > > Has anyone ever come up with a definitive answer as to how to add > > WM's installed from source to the login manager? > > > > Has anyone ever come up with a definitive answer as to why logging in in > > text mode is more difficult than with a GDM? ;-) > > > > 1. Enter username > > > > 2. Enter password > > > > 3. One of many simple and intuitive methods for starting X (Xtart, alias > > 'startx' as 'x' in .bashrc, etc.) > > > > Once you've tried Pek, you'll never go...something that rhymes with Pek > > that means 'back' :-D > > > > I got curios so I installed the pekwm 0.1.3-2 rpm. > > Then I unchecked "Launch the grafical enviroment when your system starts" in > MDK controll centra - Boot-Autologin. > > Restarted the computer > It started up in runlevel 3 > > logged in as a user > > Tryed to start Pekwm whith the command $pekwm > > Got the message "Can not open display. Your DISPLAY Variable currently is set > usename @computername username $" > > > What did I do wrong?
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