Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:57:13 -0500 From: "David S. Jackson" <dsj@sylvester.dsj.net> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing the windows manager Message-ID: <20011113195713.C7444@sylvester.dsj.net> In-Reply-To: <20011112115945.14492.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 03:59:45AM -0800 References: <20011112115945.14492.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 03:59:45AM -0800 Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> wrote: > > is changing the windows manager a simple process (compling sources... and > that's all) or is it alot more complex than that. > > can anyone recommend some reading material (NOT man pages) that outlines > how to do this... and is a bit more detailed than what the handbook has? Normally all it takes to use a different window manager is to invoke a different executable from your $HOME/.xinitrc file. If you had been using KDE, for example, simply comment that out in your $HOME/.xinitrc file and invoke a different one, say Windowmaker or blackbox or whatever. (NOTE: KDE is more than just a window manager. But I'm simplifying in case you have a "exec startkde" or whatever in your .xinitrc.) -- David S. Jackson dsj@dsj.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= It's hard to get ivory in Africa, but in Alabama the Tuscaloosa. -- Groucho Marx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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