On Monday 15 January 2001 02:37, you wrote:
> X-UIDL: =Y@!!:E9"!"B;"!Vb="!
>
> I've downloaded the latest windowmaker and installed in /usr/local. I
> used the kde control center -> system -> login manager to add a new
> entry to the menu of window manager choices offered at login time.
> Invoking this menu item doesn't work. (I get the icewm instead -- I
> think). Under MDK 7.1 I edited the file /etc/X11/window-managers in
> order to get the menu to actually do something. That file seems not to
> be present in my current installation of MDK 7.2.
>
> Has this information moved to a new file? Also, are there plans to have
> the kde control center do more than add the menu item (i.e., add the
> menu item and alter whatever files are necessary to cause the menu to
> work)?
Firstly, what system are you running? With systems through 7.0 you are
correct, but after that.....
7.1 and 7.2 do not use the kde control center to make menu items, and window
managers are defined in /etc/X11/wmsession.d in very simple text files.
This is the content of /etc/X11/wmsession.d/03WindowMaker on my system
===================================================
NAME=WindowMaker
ICON=wmaker-wmsession.xpm
EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/startwindowmaker
DESC=Window manager which emulates the look and feel of the NeXTSTEP (TM)
graphical user interface
SCRIPT:
exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startwindowmaker
=====================================================
In addition, you can download WindowMaker from the Mandrake site as a binary
rpm and use Kpackage or rpmdrake or plain old rpm from a terminal window to
install it--the menuing and setting into kdm and gdm is (almost) automatic
If you have done that, run (as root)
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime
And kdm/gdm will both see the new window manager.
Civileme
