On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:25:36PM +0200, spider wrote: > i wanted to run SAWMILL as window manager (im not using ximian so i couldnt > install sawfish) on gdm. > > i did: > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > and then i chose SAWMILL as the window manager from the list. > > BUT: > i thought i should edit a file, particularly .xinitrc or .xsession... > i have ~/.xsession file and it has only one line: exec gnome-session. > > anyway i just want to know whether i did the right thing to have a window > manager or i should have done it in a different way/ > > thanks. > What I think you've done is change the sim-link x-window-mnager so that it now points to sawmill, if you change the exec gnome-session line to exec x-window-manager it should load sawmill
Don't worry that you couldn't install sawfish, there the same program, it has just been renamed due to a nameing conflict (with what I don't know) Cheers Joel -- No, Gates always knew the Internet was going to be important, just as Oceania has always been at war with East Asia. ;)