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Re: x-session-manager overrides x-window-manager



>>>>> "matthew" == matthew arnison <maffew@cat.org.au> writes:

matthew> Hi, I have an old 166 MHz PC at home. It's got only 50 MB RAM
matthew> so only certain software runs with usable speed. It's running
matthew> debian potato, which I am slowly updating to woody.

matthew> I have settled on icewm as a nice efficient window manager.

matthew> But kde keeps overriding my choice of window manager.

matthew> Here's the details:

matthew> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50xfree86-common_determine-startup

matthew> chooses which window manager to launch, e.g. after a user logs
matthew> in from xdm.

Haven't tried this but... you could add a
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/51force-x-window-manager which contains the line

REALSETUP=x-window-manager

That should force it to use x-window-manager instead of
x-session-manager, and be persistent over all upgrades.

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