Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 05:48:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> To: JT <luser@ahab.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting CDROM's, Setting Voodoo3 Depth Settings, and Switching Window Managers. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10108020547450.44604-100000@moo.sysabend.org> In-Reply-To: <20010802004412.F424@zed.unbeat.com>
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, JT wrote: : :On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 06:29:36PM -0500, John wrote: :> :> Third, I want a program that will let me choose which Window Manager I want :> to use upon the start of the X server after login. Or maybe even a graphical :> login will work, like the graphical logins on Mandrake and Red Hat Linux. :> Does anyone know if there is such a program ported to FreeBSD? :> : :This is easiest with shell scripts. Write one that does the following and use it instead of startx. Say, "xme". : : MY_WM=$1; export MY_WM : exec startx Another option is to make something other than your window manager your exec process. You can then switch window managers without exiting X. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen <alaric@alaric.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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