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Re: how-to for using xfwm4 and ROX?



On 8/18/05, Cybe R. Wizard <cyber_wizard@mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:18:11 -0500
> Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > I can find no documentation for using a window manager other than
> > xdm, e.g. xfwm4 with ROX.  I don't want either Gnome or KDE. Can
> > anyone here point me in the right direction.  X Windows was up
> > and running before I installed these two packages. Now I just get
> > a gray screen and no pop up menus.  Also, some script has
> > hijacked my text login and replaced it with a graphical login. I
> > prefer to startx myself.  Thanks ahead for any help.
> 
> Your console login screen has been hijacked by xdm which is a display
> manager (window manager picker in a graphical face), not a window
> manager itself.  You need to (as root):
>  apt-get install <window manager of your choice>
> Heck, install them all and play around.  That's what I did and I still
> change from time to time.
> In addition, if you want to lose the graphical login (as root):
>  apt-get remove xdm
> 
> Cybe R. Wizard
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apt-get install enlightenment   = )



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