On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:34:47PM -0400, civileme wrote: > On Sunday 02 September 2001 16:43, Steve wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:55:52AM -0400, A V Flinsch wrote: > > > On Sunday 02 September 2001 10:50 am, Dave Sherman wrote: > > > > > Anyways I can start icewm as my window manager in gnome, but would > > > > > rather start up with it in place of gnome. I can't remember which > > > > > xconfig file to edit and what to edit it with to acheive this. > > > > > > > > > > Suggestions/help? > > > > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > > > Create a .xinitrc file in your home directory, and in that file have a > > > > single line of text: > > > > exec some_window_manager > > > > > > Even easier -- > > > startx window_manager_you_want_to_start > > > > > > and > > > > > > /usr/sbin/chksession -l > > > > > > will give you a list of window managers that will work with the above > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Alex > > > > Alex this worked as well, and I've implemented Dave's suggestion > > in my .xintrc. Thanks for the additional input - these Mandrake lists > > are fantastic! > > And if you want it even easier, > > http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~civileme/ > > has a downloadable program called Xtart. Just drop it into /usr/bin and use > it from runlevel 3 after logging in. > > Xtart > > gives you a menu of all installed WMs to choose from > > And it doesn't even use chksession or startx > > Civileme Wow! Is this something you wrote yourself? Way cool, mérci. -- Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764 ---------------------------- /~\ 'If you're not a rebel when you're 20 you've got no heart; if \ / you're not establishment when you're 30 you've got no brain. X Join the ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML email / \
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