noob in need
<<I've got the problem solved. thanks for the help, y'all>>
thanks in advance for any help y'all so i installed debian on an old PC and used apt-get to install gnome. i'm still using "startx" to start it, but that's another issue. next i installed icewm. my question is- how do i tell startx that i want to use icewm instead of gnome? or do i still run gnome, and use icewm instead of metacity? i'm eventually going to try xfce with rox on this box, if that helps. thanks for any help!;) |
There is a file in my suse home folder called .dmrc it says;
[Desktop] Session=kde Try icewm instead of kde. Hey I could be wrong |
If you are starting "x" from the command line, then just add "icewm" (without the quotes) to your /home/whatever/.xinitrc file. If you don't have that file you can easily make it with any text editor.
If you decide to change window managers, you can test it with "startx -e (windowmanager)". Then to make the change permanent just replace icewm in .xinitrc with your new window manager. |
I find the easiest way to change back and forth between windowmanagers is to do this
echo "exec wmaker" > ~/.xinitrc replace wmaker with your windowmanager of course =). To change it just run the same command again but with your new windowmanager. |
Seems like apt-get gnome didn't install gdm. So an apt-get install gdm should give you a normal gui login in where you can pick your window manager.
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