Re: using another WM alongside gnome
Yes, I've setup something along this line.
I`m running wmaker solo session but with a single click, can have
nautilus desktop plus my gnome panel. This is running with wmaker
as window manager, then.
I also have to start the (gtk-2) gnome-settings-daemon myself, in this case.
I don't know if gnome session management requires any more daemons,
afaics nautilus launches anything necessary automatically, but anyway,
this can be done altogether by a wrapper script, which can be launched by a
wmaker desktop icon on demand, or (preferred) by the wmaker autostart feature
at x-session launch time.
Dan Davison <davison@uchicago.edu>:
| process, I chose to have a desktop environment. However I would really
| like to have the choice to quit out of gnome (or never enter it)
I ditched the display (login) manager, and just login with username
(no password) on textconsole....much faster. Sometimes i just need no X.
After login, users face a nice colored textconsole menu to start x-session,
suspend, enter the shell on tty, or shutdown. It's easy to extend.
Things are done via 'sudo' so you can finetune any permissions.
| different window manager, when I want.
wmaker once offered to switch to another WM on the fly.
wmaker menus can easily be customized, and it should still be
possible to switch.
| I have the .xsession file from my
Yes, i had to tweak this a little to make it work, of course.
Also the profile script which is run after PAM login ( .profile or .bash_profile,
on debian) to call the chooser menu script.
| old debian system that sets up an X session with the ion window manager,
| and I would like to be able to choose between using gnome and using ion.
I don't know ion, but perhaps you have a look at wmaker too ?
It offers nearly full desktop capability in a very smart (unusual) way.
You can have anything `iconified' and there are lots of 'dock-apps',
the dock is just a freaky kind of 2d-panel.
Unfortunately, i'm offline for the next 2 weeks, but if you like we can draw
back on it later. Since this stuff isn't exactly laptop related, i suggest we
shift this to private mail, in case you are interested.
Greets,
Maren
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