Re: how to set default wm?

[Pat Mahoney <pat7@gmx.net>]

On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 10:09:35AM +0100, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote:
> Thank you all for the many replies.
> 
> but there is no x-window-manager, only:
> /etc/alternatives/WindowMaker -> /usr/X11R6/bin/WindowMaker-debian
> 
> but there is no WindowMaker-debian at all.
> 
> I tried to manually redefine the symlink to point to /usr/X11R6/bin/blackbox
> with
> 
> ln -s WindowMaker /usr/X11R6/bin/blackbox
> but got the msg "blackbox exists". what should I do?
> 
> thank you
> Ben
> 

Try ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/blackbox WindowMaker

Your working directory must be /etc/alternatives/ 

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