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Re: Default Window Manager



on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 05:01:37PM -0700, Aaron (verdesoft@verdesoft.com) wrote:
> I just tried to follow these directions and still couldn't get gnome to
> start as the default WM.
> 
> '''''
> Just install them.  In your .xinitrc add the command to start whichever
> envinronment you want to run.  I.e. 'echo gnome-session > ~/.xinitrc'
> will make gnome your session.  Replace 'gnome-session' with 'kde2' for
> KDE.  Deleting your .xinitrc will cause startx to revert to the system
> default, which I assume in this case is Blackbox.
> '''''
> 
> Can someone give me some direction to go in.

How are you starting X?
What window manager are you getting?
What error messages are you getting, if X isn't starting up?
Post your .xinitrc.

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