Re: how to set default wm?

["Benjamin F. Zhou" <zhoub@fisci.com>]

Hi Cormas,

thank you for pointing to the critical place. Actually I set window-manager to
contain the following lines right after the update::
/usr/X11R6/bin/blackbox
/usr/bin/X11/blackbox
/usr/bin/X11/olvm

now following your pointer, I opened Xsession. But it looks like I must be famliar
with shelll programing before I could understand it. I replaced a few xterms with
blackbox. but not sure if in the right place, with no result.

I think, there should be a utility to set it interactively like the one asking for
default window manager at the end of installation.

regards
Ben

Cormac McGuinness wrote:

> Hi
> I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned the following:
> /etc/X11/window-managers
> The topmost entry is executed by Xsession (found in /etc/X11/Xsession)
> but only if you don't have a .xsession file in your home directory.
> The window-managers file specifies the default for all users.
> Individuals must override this with their own .xsession files
> (if the box is your own then you choose!)
>
> In the .xsession file, each line is acommand to execute (such as xterm etc.)
> followed by an &. The last line must be the window-manager you want (but no &)
> Note startx will look for your .xsession (also your .xinit) and then default
> to the /etc/X11/Xsession
>
> I'm sure others can give a better decription, but that should suffice.
>
> Yours
> Cormac
>
> On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 10:43:52AM +0100, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > with the right syntax for ln, I created the symlink WindowMaker pointing to
> > blackbox.
> > but that still does not lead to blackbox with a startx. I think there must be a
> > .conf file somewhere which calls the default wm. Where should I look for it?
> >
> > thanks
> > Ben
> >
>
> --
> Cormac McGuinness  (cormac@physics.bu.edu)