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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu>
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Subject: Re: Off Topic: X desktop manager for FBSD?
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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Jeff Roberts wrote:

> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> After a month of labor, I have finally found a combination of card/monitor
> settings that gives me a minimal XFree86 setup (VGA16) on my P6 w/
> Trident Providia. However, I can't
> seem to do some of the things I used to be able to do in SCO (Motif?),
> such as put objects on the desktop, etc.  I also haven't found where to
> set  fvwm  as my default window manager (twm is what always comes up), or
> why  xvidtune  adjustments are never saved (do I have to put them in a
> file manually?).  With fvwm and tkdesk, I can get a (barely) acceptable
> desktop.  Is there another widget or tool that I need to be able to make
> folders/icons on the desktop?  What do *you* do?  

To change your default window manager (and fvwm is pretty good, and very 
customizable) you need to modify either .xsession or .xinitrc (depending 
on how you start X - with xdm or with startx, respectively). See man xdm 
or man startx for details. Probably the best thing to do (after you've 
read the relevant man page) is to copy the default system-wide file to 
your login directory and modify it to your liking.

> 
> If you don't think other list members would benefit, please just reply to
> me personally.
> 
> 
> Thanks!  
> 
> 
> Jeff
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
>    jroberts@ashland.edu  >>>>  Jeff Roberts  <<<<  strider@acm.org
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> 
> 
Nadav