On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 09:50:05AM -0500, Dave Sherman wrote:
> On 01 Sep 2001 14:08:34 -0400, Steve wrote:
> > I'm starting my Xserver from runlevel 3, and it defaults to gnome, which
> > I don't want. I want to start with icewm, when I give the command
> > `starticewm' or `icewm' from the console at start I get an error message
> > along the lines need startup info for $SETDISPLAY, not exactly verbatim,
> > sorry.
> >
> > Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but would
> > rather start up with it in place of gnome. I can't remember which
> > xconfig file to edit and what to edit it with to acheive this.
> >
> > Suggestions/help?
>
> Steve,
>
> Create a .xinitrc file in your home directory, and in that file have a
> single line of text:
> exec some_window_manager
> where some_window_manager is the name of the binary: 'blackbox' for
> BlackBox, 'as' for AfterStep, etc.
>
> When you run 'startx', your specified window manager will be used.
>
> Dave
Thanks very much Dave, after waiting a few hours for my download to
finish, I'm happily starting icewm from runlevel 3 without any gnome.
Thanks for your help!
--
Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764
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