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Date:      Sat, 1 Nov 1997 10:26:25 +0000
From:      James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
To:        Mike <IllUsIoN@gate.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help X Windows Manager
Message-ID:  <19971101102625.48267@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199710311848.NAA163126@chickasaw.gate.net>; from Mike on Thu, Oct 31, 1996 at 01:47:23PM %2B0000
References:  <199710311848.NAA163126@chickasaw.gate.net>

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On Thu, Oct 31, 1996 at 01:47:23PM +0000, Mike wrote:
> Hiya Everyone I have been looking through  the FAqs and such and i am 
> triing to find out how to change my windows manager from the default 
> to another .I f anyone has the time I would greatly appreciate any 
> input i can recieve on this matter...

As root, do

cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit
cp xinitrc xinitrc.old
chmod u+w

then edit xinitrc to change the line saying "twm &" to "fvwm &" (or
whatever window manager you wish to use).  This will change the default
window manager for all users on your system.  If you just want to change
your own default, do

cp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc

and then edit the .xinitrc file in your home directory.

-- 
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland.
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/



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