From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 31 17:55:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B77037B400 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 17:55:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail2.ameuro.de (mail2.ameuro.de [62.208.90.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7531A43E65 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 17:55:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from norbert@augenstein.net) Received: from seth.augenstein.net (pD9EB749C.dip.t-dialin.net [217.235.116.156]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail2.ameuro.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g810tDQ4015438; Sun, 1 Sep 2002 02:55:13 +0200 Received: by seth.augenstein.net (Postfix, from userid 666) id 907C11DB; Sun, 1 Sep 2002 02:54:58 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 02:54:58 +0200 From: Norbert Augenstein To: Peter Leftwich Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: startx and windows managers Message-Id: <20020901025458.663844ba.auge@seth.augenstein.net> In-Reply-To: <20020831175942.J97176-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <20020831175942.J97176-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6) X-Copyright: (c) Norbert Augenstein -> Forwarding NOT permitted without prior permission! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 18:02:18 -0400 (EDT) Peter Leftwich wrote: > What is the difference between Gnome (and its default wm called > MetaCity) and the windows manager itself? all your answers you may find here: http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ > I am very confused and when I run startx, gnome starts fine but there > are 7 instances running in my taskbar at the bottom called "gmc" - > what the heck? I am able to rightclick each and choose close but where > do they come from? > > Also, I have a permanent fixture of a taskbar at the top of the > screen, similar to a Mac (yecchhk!) How do I move it or remove it? I > pkg_add'ed a should i read the manuals to you?? please ask your wife > windows manager called qvwm because it looks like Win98 but I can't > change to it. Is there a URL or FAQ all about this stuff? Thanks! > www.qvwm.org or see link above! auge > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message