On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 05:48, Chris wrote: > I installed Afterstep 2.0 yesterday, I like the looks, but it will take some > figuring out after all these years of using KDE. Question I have is adding > AS to my login manager. I've added 08AfterStep to my /etc/X11/wmsession.d > file as such: > > NAME=AFTERSTEP > DESC=Afterstep > EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep > SCRIPT: > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep > > I also modified /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and added AS after IceWM: > > SessionTypes=KDE,GNOME,WindowMaker,Enlightenment,BlackBox,XFce,IceWM,AfterStep,failsafe,default > > Afterstep shows up on the login manager, however selecting it opens IceWM > instead. From looking at the /usr/X11R6/bin/RunWM script I have everything > in the right place but it won't load. I have an $HOME/.xinitrc file which > contains the following: > > #!/bin/sh > exec afterstep > > So, can someone lead me down the correct path? I'm sure its easy but I just > can't seem to locate the problem. > > Thanks > Chris
In all honesty, I prefer launching WM's from runlevel 3 - as you give yourself more system resource without having the DM running - and if you take that as the case, you can install Xtart which will identify most of the installed WM's you may have...besides that, living in runlevel 3 gives you more flexibility to experiment and troubleshoot issues with X... -- stephen kuhn GNU/linux-Open Source-GPL Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft free and no viruses here.
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