On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:47:05 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:

> On Friday 30 December 2005 03:18, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr."
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Alternative Window
> Managers':
>> I'm wanting to experiment with some alternative window managers. I'd
>> like to have them available as separate sessions when I log in.
>>
>> I've only used KDE and Gnome in the past; they automatically are added
>> as alternative
>> sessions.  I figured this would be the best place to ask how to set
>> these alternative window managers up in Gentoo.
>>
>> I have a couple of boxen, one that uses gdm and one that uses kdm.  It
>> would be nice if the instructions were portable between both of these X
>> login managers.
> 
> Thanks for all the encouragement an talk about the pros and cons of the
> various windows managers.  However, can anyone address my issue of being
> about to select an alternative window manager from my login manager?  Via
> the session chooser?  I've never really had to set up anything 'cept KDE
> and Gnome and they do it for you.
> 
This may offer some ideas. As Holly wrote, it's a butt ugly process.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Activate_Graphical_login


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