Re: DEFAULT WINDOW MANAGER

[Nick Hastings <hastings@physics.unimelb.edu.au>]

Please wrap your lines at about 72 characters.

* Felipe Martínez Hermo <felipe@galicia.ugt.org> [021008 17:08]:
> 
> Hi everybody!
> 
> I am trying to set up wmaker to be my default wm. When I log in 
> through xdm I only get X working with one shell window (I assume 
> there's no wm running). I have to "exec wmaker &" to get wmaker 
> running.
> 
> I have tried including "exec /usr/bin/wmaker" in ~/.xinitrc , 
> but it does not work.
> 
> Anybody have a clue?

Try:

update-alternatives --config x-window-manager


This will let you set the default wm for your machine. Or just for you, 
try putting "exec wmaker" in ~/.xsession or ~/.Xclients

HTH

Nick.

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