Re: How to have more than one window manager?

["Igor V. Baryshev" <barigor@lipc13.engr.ccny.cuny.edu>]

Usually, you would put
exec your_windows_manager
at the end of ~/.xinitrc (~/.xsession, if using xdm).
But maybe it is not fun to edit it
every time you want to switch.

On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 08:00:06PM +0000, Ivan Uemlianin wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> I'm not using a display manager, but I'd still like a choice of window 
> manager when I startx.  How is this done?
> 
> My boot up takes me to the console, where I login and start up X with 
> 'startx'.  I prefer it like this: I have not installed [gkx]dm or the X 
> Window System task package.
> 
> I have installed both Gnome and Fluxbox and I'd like to be able to run 
> either.  How do I do this? 'startx' runs Gnome; 'startx fluxbox' gets 
> this error message:
> 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm:  bad command line option "fluxbox"
> 
> Any comments welcome
> 
> 
> 
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