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Re: Several problems with X



on Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 12:20:19AM +0100, Dominik Eismann (Dominik.Eismann@uni-bayreuth.de) wrote:
> Hello everybody!
> 
> 1. starting X via startx as normal user, I only get something like an
> xterm without window decorations, not a real X session. On the console
> that I started X from, it says "Can not find a window manager. Please
> install one." I would really like to, but how to do so? I haven't had
> to do fiddle with X session management so far, maybe anyone can help
> me or point me to the documentation? How can I install wmaker as my
> Windowmanager, how gnome? And how can I make them selectable in kdm or
> gdm?

    $ apt-get install wmaker
    $ /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config x-window-manager

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