>
> Hi!
>
> After updating to the latest "xserver-common" in frozen, X started up with
> fvwm
> as the default window-manager. I´ve checked /etc/X11/window-managers and
> there´s fvwm95 with correct path and all as the first window-manager in there.
>
> While I can switch to fvwm95 on-the-fly my girl-friend, who also uses my pc,
> isn´t clueful enough to live without all the default apps and settings I
> installed with the (for her ;-) familiar interface of fvwm95.
>
> I already "apt-get remove fvwm" completely, to the effect that X comes up
> with
> no window-manager at all :-( . I´ve checked all the configuration files I
> could find, but to no effect.
>
> The only other option I can think of is to apt-get remove fvwm95, apt-get
> install fvwm95, but that would just be working on the symptoms, not the
> cause...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA,
> &rw
> --
> / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \
> \ KPNQwest/AT tech staff | Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /
I wrote a small script, sensible-window-manager, like sensible-editor.
You can specify your favorite window manager with the WINDOW_MANAGER
environment variable and change it on the fly while starting X:
WINDOW_MANAGER=fvwm95 startx
If you set this variable in your girl-friend's profile fvwm95 will be
started by default. In the attachments you can find script and manpage.
--
Massimo Dal Zotto
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#!/bin/bash
#
# Run the window manager defined by the WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable
# or the default window manager defined in /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
# or in /etc/X11/window-managers.
#
# Copyright (C) 2000 Massimo Dal Zotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
shopt -s execfail
if [ -x /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager ]; then
DEFAULT_WMANAGER=/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
else
DEFAULT_WMANAGER=$(cat /etc/X11/window-managers | grep -v '#' | head -1)
fi
WINDOW_MANAGER=${WINDOW_MANAGER:-$DEFAULT_WMANAGER}
if [ -x "$(which ${WINDOW_MANAGER%% *})" ]; then
exec ${WINDOW_MANAGER} "$@"
else
exec 2>/dev/tty
echo "Couldn't find a valid window manager!" >&2
echo "Set the \$WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable to your desired wm.">&2
exit 1
fi
# end of file
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.TH SENSIBLE-WINDOW-MANAGER 1x "9 Mar 2000" "Debian GNU/Linux"
.SH NAME
sensible-window-manager \- sensible window manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR sensible-window-manager " [OPTIONS...]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR sensible-window-manager
makes sensible decisions on which window manager to run in an X session.
Users under Debian GNU/Linux can use this scripts to change on the fly
the window manager started from an X session by setting the environment
variable
.BR WINDOW_MANAGER
to their favorite window manager. The
.BR sensible-window-manager
command should be placed as last line into the user's personal
.BR .xsession
file in place of the usual window manager command, and the environment
variable
.BR WINDOW_MANAGER
should be placed in the user's shell profile. For example:
.PP
.in +3
# .bash_profile
.br
\.\.\.
.br
export WINDOW_MANAGER="wmaker"
.PP
.in +3
# .xsession
.br
\.\.\.
.br
exec sensible-window-manager
.PP
You can now start one window manager or another with:
.PP
.in +3
startx # run default wm
.br
WINDOW_MANAGER=icewm startx # run icewm
.br
WINDOW_MANAGER=fvwm2 startx # run fvwm2
.PP
If the environment variable is not set the script runs the window manager
defined by
.BR /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager
or the first window manager
listed in
.BR /etc/X11/window-managers "."
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Massimo Dal Zotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
