can you use a console as a window manager

unimaginative · 01-03-2004, 11:12 PM

i mean one that can run X based applications, im not talking about failsafe
if so. how

darthtux · 01-03-2004, 11:23 PM

A console login only runs console apps. To run X apps you have to have X running and it requies a window manager.

unimaginative · 01-03-2004, 11:28 PM

are there any X window managers that are actually just a console?

darthtux · 01-03-2004, 11:36 PM

Take a look here
http://www.plig.org/xwinman/

There aren't any that are "just a console". But there are some that are just a background and the only program you have to start is a console.

twm should already be on your system.
aewm++ is a very simple window manager.

ugenn · 01-03-2004, 11:37 PM

i don't get what you mean by "console as a window manager". if you're trying to run X apps w/o actually running a graphical X-server, then try looking up Xfvb. XFvb simulates a dummy framebuffer but using this obviously means you won't see a thing on screen.

frieza · 01-03-2004, 11:47 PM

strictly speaking, a window manager isn't a prerequisite for X, although without a window manager to draw windows around X programs you can't really do much, there are gui programs tha use the framebuffer console, not X, but i'm not sure what programs do this.

unimaginative · 01-04-2004, 12:34 AM

well, thanks for all you guy's help. i have one question though
Is there anyway i could get twm to start with the a full maximized window with the following command?

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