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
