Re: Window Managers

[Sandip P Deshmukh <deshmukh@escortsmumbai.com>]

On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:28:45PM +1100, James Buchanan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu
> giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can
> run.  How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default?  I have done `man
> startx'  but it's all incomprehensible gibberish to me!  :-(  I did look at
> xinitrc but again, I can't read shell scripts.  None of it looks obvious to
> me unfortunately.  Oh yes, apparently Gnome is installed, but how do I run
> it?

i am no expert. but i am enclosing my .xinitrc. i run ion. so if you
want to run afterstep or gnome, just change ion to whatever you like.

here is my file:

#!/bin/sh
xscreensaver -no-splash &
exec ion

hth

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regards,
sandip p deshmukh
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