Re: How to install new Window manager
On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 03:57:53PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote
> On 12/1/2000 Guyren G Howe wrote:
>
> >But I can't work out how to get Afterstep to come up instead of KDE. Can
> >someone tell me how to do this? All the explanations I've found go into
> >gorey detail about compiling it, then say something like "and then you
> >install it".
>
> add a .xsession to your home directory wtih contents as follows:
>
> #! /bin/sh
>
> ## name of your preferred windowmanager (afterstep may not be right name)
> afterstep &
>
That line should be:
exec afterstep
When your .xsession terminates, so does your session. The
last program you start in your .xsession should *not* be put
in the background like that, or you will exit before your
WM has time to start.
> then chmod 700 .xsession
>
> Ethan
>
John P.
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