Thanks/Switching X managers

1998-12-31 Thread ktb
Hi, I'm trying to set it up so that after I sign into X the fvwm2 windows manager comes up and not fvwm95. I followed the tutorial directions at the Debian site to do this: touch ~/.xsession chmod u+x ~/.xsession I then used locate .xsession and found three files in /home/kent directory:

Re: Thanks/Switching X managers

1998-12-31 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, ktb wrote: I placed exec fvwm2 in both the .xsession and .xsession~ files and used chmod again. I did all steps as a regular user while in the /home directory. First of all, the .xsession~ file is merely an automatic backup made by

Re: Thanks/Switching X managers

1998-12-31 Thread Oliver Elphick
ktb wrote: Hi, I'm trying to set it up so that after I sign into X the fvwm2 windows manager comes up and not fvwm95. I followed the tutorial directions at the Debian site to do this: touch ~/.xsession chmod u+x ~/.xsession Another method that you can use, but one which will

Re: Thanks/Switching X managers

1998-12-31 Thread Alexander N. Benner
hi Ship's Log, Lt. ktb, Stardate 301298.1945: I then used locate .xsession and found three files in /home/kent directory: .xsession~ *~ are backupfiles .xsession that is the right one .xsession-errors that's the errors which occure starting X I placed exec fvwm2 in both the .xsession and

Re: Thanks/Switching X managers

1998-12-31 Thread Sourcerer
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, ktb wrote: Hi, I'm trying to set it up so that after I sign into X the fvwm2 windows manager comes up and not fvwm95. I followed the tutorial directions at the Debian site to do this: Why don't you just select fvwm95 from fvwm2's root-menu? If it's not there, you