On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:36:19PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > startx uses ~/.xinitrc to start up the X session. In case it doesn't > exist, then debian has some default stuff that starts whatever the > default window manager is. Look at `update-alternatives --config > x-window-manager` to set a different window manager as the default.
On my box I have:
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think:~# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
There are 7 alternatives which provide `x-window-manager'.
Selection Alternative
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1 /usr/bin/icewm
2 /usr/bin/icewm-experimental
3 /usr/bin/xfwm4
*+ 4 /usr/bin/openbox
5 /usr/bin/openbox-session
6 /usr/bin/kwin
7 /usr/bin/startfluxbox
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
think:~# update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
There are 3 alternatives which provide `x-session-manager'.
Selection Alternative
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1 /usr/bin/icewm-session
2 /usr/bin/icewm-session-experimental
*+ 3 /usr/bin/xfce4-session
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
think:~#
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On 'startx' xfce4 is started so it seems the 'x-session-manager' takes
precedence over the 'x-window-manager'. This is on a sid box (and has
been like this for a while).
Regards,
Andrei
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