Re: Default Window Manager
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Baetzler <thb@regioservice.de> writes:
Thomas> Angel Leyva wrote:
>> I have X installed and running fine, using xinit. When I start
>> the X environment, I get no window manager at all.
>>
>> How can I get X to start a window manager by default?
Thomas> See man xinit. You´ll have to make up a .xsession file
Thomas> starting all of the applications you want in the
Thomas> background, and starting the window manager as the last
Thomas> set in the foreground. Once you exit the window manager,
Thomas> this script terminates and ends your X session.
I like to run 'exec unclutter' as the last program, and run the WM in
the background with the other startup programs. That way, I can
switch window managers if I like, while I try them all out and see
which one I like; or what features of each I like.
TkDesk makes an OK 'session manager'; when you press its quit button,
the X session ends.
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