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?
Message-ID: <Mutt.19970110130539.davidn@labs.blaze.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970109173624.1280A-100000@luke.cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Jan 9, 1997 17:38:12 -0800
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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/
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