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Re: Looking for nice, small display manager



On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 08:28:49AM +0000, Toby Batch wrote:
> >On 13 Mar 2004, W. Borgert wrote:
> >>
> >>I'm looking for a nice display manager (for XFCE4).  My
> >>expectations are:
> 
> Fluxbox.  I moved to it a couple of years ago and can't leave it now. 
> It has features that the hefty wm's don't have (tabbed grouping for 
> applications, mouse wheel switches desktop, and many more).

Try this:

#aptitude install fluxbox gnome-control-center kcontrol
#update-alternatives --remove x-session-manager `which gnome-session`

In your ~/.xsession, use:

gnome-settings-daemon &
GSDPID=$!
while lsof -u$USER | awk 'BEGIN { found = 0; }
        ($2 == "'$GSDPID'") && ($8 ~ /orbit-'$USER'/) { found = 1; next 
}
        END { exit found }'
do
        sleep 1
done
sleep 1
xscreensaver -nosplash &
kdeinit &
exec fluxbox

You'll get the very speedy and useful Fluxbox, and all the Gnome/KDE 
eyecandy your heart desires.  Best of three worlds.

(The gnome-settings-daemon blocking code was suggested by Gregory 
Seidman:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/debian-user-200402/msg05152.html).



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