On Friday 29 October 2004 15:02, JoeHill wrote: > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:28:10 +0100 > > Derek Jennings disseminated the following: > > (Yes Joe I know pekwm is better, but its not so easy to install) > > If he could build Fluxbox he could build Pekwm. Yes he built it, but it didn't work.
> However, Pek is nowhere > near as easy to configure I'll give you that, and of course once it's > installed you almost *have to* start it from text mode, not KDM or > whatever. > > Even Fluxbox is easier to customise if you start it from text mode, ie. > dockapps and other things you want to start with Flux. > > Has anyone ever come up with a definitive answer as to how to add > WM's installed from source to the login manager? > > Has anyone ever come up with a definitive answer as to why logging in in > text mode is more difficult than with a GDM? ;-) > > 1. Enter username > > 2. Enter password > > 3. One of many simple and intuitive methods for starting X (Xtart, alias > 'startx' as 'x' in .bashrc, etc.) > > Once you've tried Pek, you'll never go...something that rhymes with Pek > that means 'back' :-D I do not know about a "definitive answer", but I can start pekwm from KDM or GDM on my computer. What I have is # more /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19pekwm NAME=pekwm ICON=pekwm.png EXEC=/usr/X11R6/bin/pekwm DESC=Small fast Windowmanager SCRIPT: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/pekwm # more /etc/X11/dm/Sessions/19pekwm.desktop [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=pekwm Comment=pekwm TryExec=/usr/X11R6/bin/pekwm Exec=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession pekwm Icon= Type=Application # more /usr/share/apps/kdm/sessions/19pekwm.desktop [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=pekwm Comment=pekwm TryExec=/usr/X11R6/bin/pekwm Exec=pekwm Icon= Type=Application # more /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/pekwm #!/bin/sh exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession pekwm I'm not sure if all those files are needed. Any word of a new release for pekwm?, or do we have to wait for the author to complete his national service? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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