noob in need

uberdork · 03-22-2006, 12:47 AM

<<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!

maxie · 03-22-2006, 12:58 AM

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

vredfreak · 03-22-2006, 01:51 AM

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.

netdaemon · 03-25-2006, 12:28 PM

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.

twinkers · 03-25-2006, 12:40 PM

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.