From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 1 05:13:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA18374 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 05:13:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id FAA18369 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 05:13:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from james@jraynard.demon.co.uk) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by post.mail.demon.net id ab2006790; 1 Nov 97 13:11 GMT Received: (from james@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA00264; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 10:26:26 GMT (envelope-from james) Message-ID: <19971101102625.48267@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 10:26:25 +0000 From: James Raynard To: Mike Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help X Windows Manager References: <199710311848.NAA163126@chickasaw.gate.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <199710311848.NAA163126@chickasaw.gate.net>; from Mike on Thu, Oct 31, 1996 at 01:47:23PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [re-directed to freebsd-questions] 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/