You wrote: > debs, > > how do i prevent twm from automatically being my window manager when i > type "startx"?
This is determined by the file: /etc/X11/window-managers. The first one is what gets used. - Brian poe % cat window-managers # /etc/X11/window-managers # # This file contains a list of available window managers. The default # Xsession file will start the first window manager that it can in this # list. See the window-managers(5) and register-window-manager(8) manual # pages for more information. /usr/bin/kde /usr/bin/X11/kde /usr/bin/X11/fvwm2 /usr/bin/X11/fvwm95 /usr/bin/X11/wmaker /usr/bin/X11/olwm /usr/bin/X11/scwm /usr/bin/X11/afterstep /usr/bin/X11/ctwm /usr/bin/X11/wm2