fedora core 1.0: how can i add a window manager (e.g. windowmaker) to the GDM login menu? an entry in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/WindowMaker (RedHat 9 style) doesn't help!!

check out /et/X11/dm/Sessions

This is where they go now... use the ones in there as a template and save as wm.desktop with wm being the name of the wm

thx, it works

I can't figure out how to add it to the switchdesk menu to set other wms as default. Anyone had any luck with this?

i think /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/mywm should fix this. i can choose now.

Ok solved the default manager bit...

create a file named .Xclients-default tor edit the existing file

/path/to/your/wm/executable

make the script executable...

this is now the default wm.

Thanx man works like a charm....

how in the world did u find out about it???

I googled forever... ended up finding on a freebsd site...

okay i have one called garnome.desktop but that does not work it does not come up as an option during start up

can you walk me throught it from start to finnish so i can see if i got it right

is it executable?

Hi

This does not seem to work. I am using Fedora core 1.0 and would like to use sawfish as my windows manager under gnome but this seems to be an impossible task to configure.

I do not need to be able to choose it on the gdm login screen (would be nice though, but I would just like to be able to use sawfish instead of metacity for now)

How can I change this setting. It used to be very simple (RH8.0).

I have spent almost the whole day searching but no success

Please help me.

This forum is the closest I have found to helping me.
But the advise further up has not worked for me I don't know what else to do

Thanks

Login in to GNOME
open up a terminal and type:
killall metacity & sawfish
(you may have to do this a couple of times)
Log out once the sawfish window manager starts and choose to save the session.
Log back in and see if it works

You can also use the gconf editor:

I think it's under system>gnome>apps>windowmanager

Hi lupin_the_3rd

Thanks the killall bit worked You are a star

The gconf one (I tried that first did not work )
by the way the path is "desktop--gnome--applications--windows manager"


Thanks again

Butterbroetchen

no problem

In what directory do I create the ".Xclients-default" file?