Re: More than one window manager

[berenger.morel@neutralite.org]

Le 31.01.2013 19:39, Marcin Kłapkowski a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on
> tty7. I wanted to test other window managers without changing my 
> basic
> config, and still using my desktop. Tried on tty6 with:
> startx /usr/bin/awesome
> it start nice, and it's working.
> But when i switch to tty7 and back to tty6 i got console with X.org
> starting messages, no desktop. I have to stop X and start again.
> XDM doesn't have choice for window manager, so only .xsession is my
> choice.
> Any ideas how to make nice double desktop config?
>
> Thanks
> martin3z,

I'm not sure it will be a good solution for you, but here is my 
".bash_profile":
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if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ];then
	startx
fi
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I think that if you change the line "startx" to suit your needs, you 
could have different WM on different TTYs. Say, i3 for TTY1 and awesome 
for TTY2, by example.

Note: I am not sure, I did not tried to have more than one wm 
installed. I'm happy enough with i3 for now.