From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 31 15: 2:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76DF437B401 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 15:02:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F026243E4A for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 15:02:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE5128DC5 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 18:02:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 18:02:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: To: FreeBSD LIST Subject: startx and windows managers Message-ID: <20020831175942.J97176-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 What is the difference between Gnome (and its default wm called MetaCity) and the windows manager itself? I am very confused and when I run startx, gnome starts fine but there are 7 instances running in my taskbar at the bottom called "gmc" - what the heck? I am able to rightclick each and choose close but where do they come from? Also, I have a permanent fixture of a taskbar at the top of the screen, similar to a Mac (yecchhk!) How do I move it or remove it? I pkg_add'ed a windows manager called qvwm because it looks like Win98 but I can't change to it. Is there a URL or FAQ all about this stuff? Thanks! -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message