X theme won't change :\

jasekase · 07-01-2002, 11:22 AM

I installed window maker and set it as my X theme with xwmconfig, but now when i try to set a different theme as my default x theme, it still opens window maker :|

Has anybody had this happen to them before? And if so, why is window maker staying as my default theme :\

Config · 07-01-2002, 01:09 PM

Hmmmm.... now I think a few things need to be cleared up....
WindowMaker is not a theme, but a Windowmanager, like Blackbox, fvwm and all the others. These Windowmanagers all have their own themes - so what exactly do you want to do?

jasekase · 07-01-2002, 01:28 PM

Sorry, let me rephrase it.
When i run xwmconfig i want to change it back to enlightment, but it won't change, it stays on the current one....

If ofr example i wanted to change it to KDe and ran startx , it wouldn't boot it up, it would only boot up the current one, it won't change anymore.

Config · 07-01-2002, 01:46 PM

I see.... if you talk of xwmconfig, I think you are using RedHat... so I don't know what's wrong with xwmconfig. Just make sure one thing: run xwmconfig as the user you will be running englightenment. If you run xwmconfig as root, and start x as user xxx, it won't work.
You could talso ry to set it up manually. First, of course, make sure enlightenment is still installed. Then, edit the file ~/.xinitrc. In this file (a regular shell script), you can specify which windowmanager to start...
Good luck

jasekase · 07-01-2002, 02:25 PM

I'm running slackware and running as root, but ill try, thnx.

burningodzilla · 07-02-2002, 08:34 AM

try? its not hard man - just do "vi .xinitrc" in your home and enter the command name of the window manager in it. mine looks like this

# for gnome
#gnome-session

# for wndow maker
wmaker

wmaker is the one i use the most, so i dont use any scripting - i have seen some cool scripting tho. you could set it up so that you can type "startx gnome" and the script parses and loads the manager supplied as an argument - endless options

jasekase · 07-02-2002, 01:28 PM

Oh ok, i wanna use enlightment, so if i am logged in as root, and create that file in /root ,startx will run whichever i specify?

Oky doky, cheers