how to change window managers with startx in slackware
 

I am running slackware 10 and have been for quite some time. I think I have 'outgrown' KDE and GNOME and would like to move on to other window managers. I have used fluxbox and xfce before and both are nice. I want to personally test many more so if I already have them installed how can I 'switch' to it. Basically how do I change which window manager the command 'startx' lauches.

Also, any suggestions of window managers would be helpful.

xwmconfig

xwmconfig

from a command line will let you choose which window manager to use. Then just restart X.

thanks
 

heh. thanks for reminding me.

Also, Xtart is a good tool. It gives you a ncurses menu of all the dms listed in /etc/X11/wmsessions.d, and runs whichever one you choose. So if you change frequently, it is a better option than using startx.

run pkgtool and choose which window manager do u want to run and then startx again..

just a quick one is it possible to say

startx kde or startx xfce without going through xwmconfig...

startx kde or startx xfce without going through xwmconfig...

No, but Xtart (as per my post above) will let you do more or less this.

Sorta.

There is a command in /opt/kde/bin called startkde.
Dunno about xfce.

You can find the commands to start the wms in the files listed in the /etc/X11/wmsession.d folder. For example, there might be a file named 10kde, which would essentially be a wrapper for /opt/kde/bin/startkde. If you're curious about your specific wm, you could find the command in its particular file, and just start it directly rather than using startx.

xwmconfig
Then edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local to add startx

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