Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5
On 18-10-2017, at 22h 17'14", Richard Hector wrote about "Re: removing of sddm (debian 9 -kde5) to start in console mode then startx to start kde5"
> >
> > Did they simply throw every window manager under the bus and say "Nope,
> > sorry, you gotta run a desktop environment now"?
>
> Now I'm curious - assuming Mageia has deprecated startx, how does that
> impact using a plain window manager? It's perfectly possible to run twm
> or whatever when logging in to a display manager, no? I'm sure I used to
> do that with xdm and icewm.
>
I never ran an desktop manager, nor I used startx. I always used a
dm (xdm, kdm, etc.) and fvwm. In my ~/.xsession file the last line
is "fvwm2" (no quotes). Before that I set the background, set the
keyboard (with xmodmap), start the ssh agent, start rclock, etc.
I think kdm has an option to overlook ~/.xsession and start another
wm. Set it to default, which means "read the config files".
I never understood the need for desktop managers. I use Debian since
hamm and Linux/Unix since 1995. My take is that desktop managers are
for people more used to microsoft OS'. Why do I need to click on
something when the xterm I type in can call any program I need?...
Ionel
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