Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 14:01:35 -0400 From: "Julian S. Hing" <blades1@ix.netcom.com> To: "Jeff Roberts" <jroberts@ashland.edu>, "Nadav Eiron" <nadav@barcode.co.il> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions Discussion List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Off Topic: X desktop manager for FBSD? Message-ID: <199705081804.AA07315@interlock.amlawcorp.com>
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QVWM is still in beta, but it is very nice. It mimics Win95 very well and is similar in many ways to fvwm95. It allows you to place "links" on the desktop. You can pick it up at http://www-masuda.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kourai/qvwm/qvwm -e.html. ---- From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Discussion List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Tuesday, May 06, 1997 1:06 PM Subject: Re: Off Topic: X desktop manager for FBSD? > > >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 >
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