From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 9 18:06:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA06399 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 18:06:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from labs.usn.blaze.net.au (labs.usn.blaze.net.au [203.17.53.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA06394 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 18:06:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from davidn@localhost) by labs.usn.blaze.net.au (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA01414; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:05:39 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:05:39 +1100 From: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: shawn@computerstopusa.com (Shawn Ramsey) Cc: tphilips@cedar.netten.net ("Tracy E. Phillips"), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do i change default widow manager? References: <32D592FA.53E6@cedar.netten.net> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.56 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from Shawn Ramsey on Jan 9, 1997 17:38:12 -0800 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Shawn Ramsey writes: > > How do i change the default window manager when X starts up? > > What are the config files that i need to edit? > > i would like afterstep to start when i do startx. > > You have to change xinitrc in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit > > Just find where it loads the Window manager and change it to the one you > want. > > This is a system wide change, there is probably a way to change it on a > per-user basis, but I don't know how. cp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc Edit ~/.xinitrc to your heart's content. :) Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/