From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 13 16:57:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sylvester.dsj.net (sylvester.dsj.net [208.148.151.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8EBB37B418 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:57:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dsj@localhost) by sylvester.dsj.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id TAA14328; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:57:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:57:13 -0500 From: "David S. Jackson" To: Bsd Neophyte Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing the windows manager Message-ID: <20011113195713.C7444@sylvester.dsj.net> Reply-To: "David S. Jackson" References: <20011112115945.14492.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011112115945.14492.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 03:59:45AM -0800 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 Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 03:59:45AM -0800 Bsd Neophyte 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