I tried switchdesk before I sent the email, it gave me the options of enlightenment or FVWM. I figured it out though by hunting around in the /usr/X11R6/bin directory where I found that the .bin is called wmaker and lo and behold if it didn't work. Thanks for getting back to me so fast Mark. I really appreciate it. Abe Mark Weaver wrote: > > Abe, > > There's a cool little program that you can invoke from the terminal > window. It's called switchdesk. Run this program from within Gnome and you > may be able to change to the WindowMaker desk top for your default that > way. I can't remember the command line command for that one either. It has > been WAY too long since I've use that window manager last. > > -- > Mark > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 > ** <_||_> in the making of this | > ** =\/= message... | Registered Linux user #182496 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, abe wrote: > > > I boot to a text login rather then a graphical one on my machine for > > reasons that are too involved to explain right now. I use the .xinitrc > > file to choose my window manager. I like to use both windowmaker and > > gnome depending on my mood but I cannot remember the command to run a > > windowmaker session! Could someone please help me out? I'm having a wm > > kind of day in a gnome kind of world today and its driving me nuts. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Abe > > > >