Date: 18 Sep 2001 09:42:07 -0700 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: "Gerald T. Freymann" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> Cc: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net>, <mstark1@cfl.rr.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Best X Windows Manager for Newbies Message-ID: <l41yl45u3k.yl4@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20010917223022.W79091-100000@scaryg.shacknet.nu> References: <20010917223022.W79091-100000@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
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"Gerald T. Freymann" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> writes:
> Ok, here's a dumb question. How do you run the windows manager without
> Gnome or KDE?
Well, to avoid using a lot of messy NIH scripts, I start X with a custom
"xinit" which mostly consist of:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit ~/.Xinitrc -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper -nolisten $@
## I've omitted some code that prevents accidental use by root.
File ~/.Xinit contains (somewhat edited):
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources ## AKA .Xdefaults
unclutter -idle 1& ## Great program that hides stationary pointer.
exec fvwm2 ## ~/.fvwm2rc starts other applications.
I've been using fvwm2 for years starting on a 16 MB 486/66. Tried
Gnome, KDE (for several months), several WMs, and returned to fvwm2.
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