I think I don't have the lib files.. if they didn't come with the window maker file. I can't find where to dl them on the site though.

http://www.windowmaker.org/faq-chapter2.html#52

And below is from another forum:

where did the "make install" install the libraries, /usr/local/bin?

Ok, to find the required lib, do following:
cd dir-wher-you-biuld-WindowMaker
for l in `find . -type f -name lib\*`; do
echo ========== $l
nm -gop $L|grep PLShallowSynchronize
done # assuming that you use bash

This library must be installed in /usr/lib, /lib, /usr/local/lib (or whever you configured in ld.conf).

You also may try to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH before starting WindowMaker:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/lib/usr/local/lib:/where/ever/are/more/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Ok, I looked at the url that you gave me. That's basically the file, except the error message is different, and the file is a little different... the one on the site is libwraster.so.1 mine's so.2 And there error is saying that there is no such file or directory... so I might be missing that file.

That file comes with WindowMaker. Just try following the instuctions.

I tried the instructions in the url.. It seemed like it did something, because when I did the startx command.. that problem dissappeared. Now there is a new problem...

wmaker warning: could not find user GNUstep directory (/root/GNUstep/Defaults/).

run
wmaker.inst

Ok, I think that solved that problem... Now when I try startx all I get is that Xwindows is already in use.. So what do I do, do I just logout, and back in? will there be a program that comes up, and I can configure themes?

first try
ctrl+alt+F7
does that take you back to a GUI?
if it does kill it

if not

type the command
ps aux
copy and paste in a post all of the output if its not too long or the lines that contain tty followed by a number

As far as themes, you can put them in
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes
for one user or
/usr/share/WindowMaker/Themes
for system wide

Many more can be found at
http://themes.freshmeat.net
or there's a few on my page at
http://www.peakpeak.com/~jallen/themes/wmaker.html

Ok, I'll try that. Just one question.. how do I kill Xwindows?

ctrl+alt+backspace

Well.... that didn't go so well.... It shut down my computer in a matter of seconds. I did ctrl alt backspace, and alll of a sudden boom. My computer was off.

Actually, I don't know why it shut down your computer. But, are you able to use Window Maker now?

No... nothing happened when I booted up. It was same old gnome... and before I booted into gnome, I looked under sessions just to see if it was there, but it wasn't.

check to see if you have the file
.xinitrc
if not create it
in it put
exec wmaker