On 06/04/2007 03:06 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
Mumia W. wrote:I have no ~/.xinitrc, and when I type "startx," the default Gnome desktop comes up.You can type "startx /usr/bin/gnome-session" to get Gnome. If you want KDE, you can do this: "startx /usr/bin/startkde"And type "startx /usr/bin/<windowmanager>" to start some window manager, e.g. "startx /usr/bin/fluxbox". *That* is what I have been looking for all the time. Thanks very much! S.H.
You're welcome. While you can start X that way, I've found it better to use the session managers (startkde, gnome-session, xfce4-session) because they give me more of a normal, full-featured desktop environment.
Some WM's don't come with good session managers, so sometimes I have to create my own, e.g.:
---------~/bin/bb-session---------- #!/bin/sh bsetroot -solid midnightblue rxvt -rv -fn 10x10 & bbkeys & blackbox ------------end-------------------- And I'd start it this way: startx ~/bin/bb-session