Re: just use window manager?
Do you reall need the display manager? If you don't really need it,
or gnome, why don't you uninstall it? Gnome isn't really a window
manager. It's a desktop environment that works on top of a window
manager. This allows for things like drag and drop.
on the other, more helpful side, try man update-alternatives. This is
how debian controls the system wide x-window-manager. That may help.
Or perhaps you can edit you ~/.xsession and add something like
exec enlightenment
as the last line.
good luck.
Marshal
>>>>> "George" == George Hang <liftrasir@hotmail.com> writes:
George> is it possible to only use a window manager
George> (e.g. enlightenment)? or it must go with something else
George> (like gnome) because i can't seem to find that option in
George> the login prompt... i'm installed several window manager,
George> such as enlightenment, window maker, etc. but it only
George> shows up in the gnome wm selector...
George> i've tried changing the display manager (thinking that it
George> might work), but it seemed that i am stuck with gdm and
George> can't go to kdm, wdm, or xdm (i've tried to change the
George> default-display-manager file by commenting out the gdm
George> path and add in the xdm path in /usr/bin/X11/xdm (if i
George> recall correctly) but it didn't seem to work, so i changed
George> it back by commenting out the newly added stuff and
George> restore the old path but that didn't work either, couldn't
George> even go back to gdm... so i deleted the new added stuff
George> and restore the old line of /usr/bin/gdm and i could start
George> gdm on boot again...)
George> anyone any idea how to just use a window manager without
George> the desktop environment (such as gnome and kde)?
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