gdm: choose window manager
 

fedora core 1.0: how can i add a window manager (e.g. windowmaker) to the GDM login menu? an entry in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/WindowMaker (RedHat 9 style) doesn't help!!

check out /et/X11/dm/Sessions

This is where they go now... use the ones in there as a template and save as wm.desktop with wm being the name of the wm ;)

thx, it works

I can't figure out how to add it to the switchdesk menu to set other wms as default. Anyone had any luck with this?

i think /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/mywm should fix this. i can choose now.

Ok solved the default manager bit...

create a file named .Xclients-default tor edit the existing file

/path/to/your/wm/executable

make the script executable...

this is now the default wm.

Thanx man works like a charm....

how in the world did u find out about it???

:)

I googled forever... ended up finding on a freebsd site...

that does not work for me
 

okay i have one called garnome.desktop but that does not work it does not come up as an option during start up

can you walk me throught it from start to finnish so i can see if i got it right

is it executable?

Hi

This does not seem to work. I am using Fedora core 1.0 and would like to use sawfish as my windows manager under gnome but this seems to be an impossible task to configure.

I do not need to be able to choose it on the gdm login screen (would be nice though, but I would just like to be able to use sawfish instead of metacity for now)

How can I change this setting. It used to be very simple (RH8.0).

I have spent almost the whole day searching but no success :(

Please help me.

This forum is the closest I have found to helping me.
But the advise further up has not worked for me I don't know what else to do

Thanks

Login in to GNOME
open up a terminal and type:
killall metacity & sawfish
(you may have to do this a couple of times)
Log out once the sawfish window manager starts and choose to save the session.
Log back in and see if it works

You can also use the gconf editor:

I think it's under system>gnome>apps>windowmanager

Hi lupin_the_3rd

Thanks the killall bit worked :) You are a star:D

The gconf one (I tried that first did not work :( )
by the way the path is "desktop--gnome--applications--windows manager"


Thanks again

Butterbroetchen

no problem

In what directory do I create the ".Xclients-default" file?

~/

I created the following file in my user's home directory:

-rwxrwxr-x 1 user user 26 Jan 9 19:30 .Xclients-default

This file has the following contents:

/usr/local/bin/startxfce4

And this does not work. The default login still brings me to the default gnome desktop.

choose the session manager from the gnome menu and choose gnome as default session. This will create the file and then you can just edit it to point to your wm/de.

commandline= switchdesk

Thanks that worked!!!!

no problem

Not only does it work, but I downloaded the new xfce4-session manager from CVS. It's not included in the regular XFce 4.0.3 release.

And let me tell you, this is feelin' awesome :) Making screenshots right now, I'll post in the other screenshot thread if ya interested in looking.

Can't get default font size for xterm to change. I want the fonts to be MUCH larger by default. Tried lots of things, can't get it to work. REMINDER: Fedora Core 1 installation, running XFce 4.0.3. GOAL: Trying to get larger default font size for the text of the xterm!

This worked for me:

more problems
 

I'm also trying to add a wm(fvwm2) to the gdm menu using Mandrake 9.0. I've tried:

1. in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions creating a file fvwm2 containing:

#!/bin/sh
exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession fvwm2

following the example of the blackbox file

2. creating a similar file with the path : exec /usr/local/bin/fvwm2 fvwm2
where I believe the actual executable to be.

3. in /etc/X11/wmsession.d creating a file 08fvwm2 containing:
NAME=fvwm2
ICON=none
EXEC=/usr/local/bin/fvwm2 fvwm2

Of course, in Mandrake there is no "etc/X11/dm" directory.
I've been working on this for a couple days(reading and reading)and have some theories about my problem, but I need help. I assume the problem is the path to the executable, but I might just be configuring the wrong files. Any advice on figuring out where my pertinent executable is? I just wanna learn, man!

Thanks

:My bad on posting in the Fedora specific thread>I got here via search. Sorry about that.
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