How to change window manager?

bngrhl · 05-06-2004, 10:26 PM

I have RH9 and I installed windowmaker, I wanted to change window manager...Before Im able select window manager under RH7.1 but in RH9 its quite complicated any idea?

Match · 05-07-2004, 12:47 AM

I don't know how to do it through the gui, but on my Debian system it's controlled via a .xsession file in my home directory. The last line in the file starts the window manager. In my case it's "exec fluxbox" since I run fluxbox. Maybe it's something similar for RH9.

itsjustme · 05-07-2004, 01:09 AM

As I recall, on Red Hat 9, as on Red Hat 8, there is a Session menu item at the bottom of the graphical login page. That allows you to change window managers. Do you have the option in Red Hat 9?

bngrhl · 05-07-2004, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by itsjustme
As I recall, on Red Hat 9, as on Red Hat 8, there is a Session menu item at the bottom of the graphical login page. That allows you to change window managers. Do you have the option in Red Hat 9?

none...

Demonbane · 05-07-2004, 04:57 AM

try

Code:

echo "wmaker" >> /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/WindowMaker

then restart gdm (ctrl-alt-backspace)