Re: Window Manager
On Mon, 2001-09-24 at 02:50, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 11:46:58AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote:
>
> > I got myself in trouble by playing around with the window manager. I
> > changed from icewm to enlightenment. Now, I find that enlightenment
> > is not as good and I want to go back to icewm. In older versions of
> > Debian, all you had to do was edit /etc/X11/window-managers. With
> > potato, I do not have this file and have not been able to find an
> > alternate file. How do I get back to icewm?
>
> Hmm. How did you switch in the first place? Can't you simply undo that
> to switch back?
>
> If you want to switch the default window manager system-wide, run
> 'update-alternatives --config x-window-manager' as root.
>
> Or, create a script ~/.xsession (remember to chmod +x it) that calls the
> window manager of your choice. This will override the system default
> and allow each user to specify their own xsession.
I too like to experiment with window manager(s). My solution is simple:
I have a desktop manager that allows you to select the window manager.
Presently GDM. Also: KDM.
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