Re: DEFAULT WINDOW MANAGER

2002-10-08 Thread Felipe Martínez Hermo
El Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 01:04:11PM +0200, Claudio Bley escribió: > On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 12:28, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:18:53PM +1000, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > > I have tried including "exec /usr/bin/wmaker" in ~/.xinitrc , > > hmmm not sure if the .xinitrc is c

Re: DEFAULT WINDOW MANAGER

2002-10-08 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 06:28, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:18:53PM +1000, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > I have tried including "exec /usr/bin/wmaker" in ~/.xinitrc , > hmmm not sure if the .xinitrc is called by default from the > .xsession try to call the .xinitrc from

Re: DEFAULT WINDOW MANAGER

2002-10-08 Thread Claudio Bley
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 12:28, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:18:53PM +1000, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > I have tried including "exec /usr/bin/wmaker" in ~/.xinitrc , > hmmm not sure if the .xinitrc is called by default from the > .xsession try to call the .xinitrc from

Re: DEFAULT WINDOW MANAGER

2002-10-08 Thread Bruno Boettcher
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:18:53PM +1000, Nick Hastings wrote: > > I have tried including "exec /usr/bin/wmaker" in ~/.xinitrc , hmmm not sure if the .xinitrc is called by default from the .xsession try to call the .xinitrc from your .xsession... (i had to put this in by hand... but on

Re: DEFAULT WINDOW MANAGER

2002-10-07 Thread Nick Hastings
Please wrap your lines at about 72 characters. * Felipe Martínez Hermo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021008 17:08]: > > Hi everybody! > > I am trying to set up wmaker to be my default wm. When I log in > through xdm I only get X working with one shell window (I assume > there's no wm running). I have

Re: default window manager

2002-05-11 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 09:48:38PM -0500, David Bridges wrote: > Tomasz Kosinski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On a XF86-4.01, testing, could anyone please tell me where the default > > window manager is controlled/determined? I have searched through likely > > files in the /etc/X11/ dir and subdi

Re: default window manager

2002-05-10 Thread David Bridges
Tomasz Kosinski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On a XF86-4.01, testing, could anyone please tell me where the default > window manager is controlled/determined? I have searched through likely > files in the /etc/X11/ dir and subdirs, and I don't see how this is > determined. Sorry if this is an obvio

Re: default window manager

2002-05-10 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On 10 May 2002 22:16:12 -0400 "Tomasz Kosinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a XF86-4.01, testing, could anyone please tell me where the default > window manager is controlled/determined? I have searched through likely > files in the /etc/X11/ dir and subdirs, and I don't see how this is > dete

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:45:43PM -0700, Aaron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This may sound dumb, but how do I remove xdm? I am new to debian and don't > know how to do this. And once xdm is removed will the system then use > .xinitrc and start gnome? I've got a mini-HOWTO with some brief instruc

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-09 Thread Jason Pepas
e- > From: D-Man [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:38 PM > To: Debian-List > Subject: Re: Default Window Manager > > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:53:23PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > | X is currently being started by xdm I believe. > | The system

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-09 Thread Tim Kelley
On Sunday 08 April 2001 21:48, Aaron wrote: > Why shouldn't I be starting X from root? I'll go and add .xinitrc to my > users home directory and see what happens. You can run X as root, it's just that you shouldn't make a habit of it. -- Tim Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iww.org/

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Tyrin Price
* Daniel Freedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08Apr01 22:31 -0400]: > Anything that runs as root has root level permissions, with the > associated ability to do essentially anything to your system. Most > people try very hard to absolutely limit the number of programs run as > root. X is a _very_ large

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Daniel Freedman
take care, Daniel > > Aaron > > -Original Message- > From: ktb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:21 PM > To: Aaron > Subject: Re: Default Window Manager > > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:55:30PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > > Good

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Jed Strauss
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:45:43PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > This may sound dumb, but how do I remove xdm? I am new to debian and don't > know how to do this. And once xdm is removed will the system then use > .xinitrc and start gnome? > Run dselect as root. The .xinitrc file will be used when running

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:45:43PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > This may sound dumb, but how do I remove xdm? I am new to debian and don't > know how to do this. And once xdm is removed will the system then use > .xinitrc and start gnome? > # apt-get remove xdm or # dpkg -r xdm Should remove xdm If yo

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Daniel Freedman
nal Message- > From: ktb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:26 PM > To: Debian-List > Subject: Re: Default Window Manager > > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:53:23PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > > X is currently being started by xdm I believe. >

RE: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Aaron
ahh, now I understand your directions better. How do I uninstall xdm and install gdm, or for that matter how do I just remove xdm completely? thanks, Aaron -Original Message- From: D-Man [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:38 PM To: Debian-List Subject: Re: Default

RE: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Aaron
Why shouldn't I be starting X from root? I'll go and add .xinitrc to my users home directory and see what happens. Aaron -Original Message- From: ktb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:21 PM To: Aaron Subject: Re: Default Window Manager On Sun, Apr 08,

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread D-Man
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:53:23PM -0700, Aaron wrote: | X is currently being started by xdm I believe. | The system start twm as the current default WM and I am not getting any | error messages just not the WM I want. | I didn't have any .xinitrc files on the system so after reading the other | me

RE: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Aaron
ebian-List Subject: Re: Default Window Manager On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:53:23PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > X is currently being started by xdm I believe. > The system start twm as the current default WM and I am not getting any > error messages just not the WM I want. > I didn't have

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 06:53:23PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > X is currently being started by xdm I believe. > The system start twm as the current default WM and I am not getting any > error messages just not the WM I want. > I didn't have any .xinitrc files on the system so after reading the other > me

RE: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Aaron
o anything. Currently my .xinitrc file simply says 'echo gnome-session'. Aaron -Original Message- From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 4:42 PM To: Debian-List Subject: Re: Default Window Manager on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 05:01:37PM

RE: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Aaron
4:30 PM To: Aaron Subject: Re: Default Window Manager are you using (x,g,k,w)dm? because i think then it's the xsession file? On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 17:01:37 -0700, Aaron whispered to the router: !!I just tried to follow these directions and still couldn't get gnome to !! start as the

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 05:01:37PM -0700, Aaron wrote: > I just tried to follow these directions and still couldn't get gnome to > start as the default WM. > > ' > Just install them. In your .xinitrc add the command to start whichever > envinronment you want to run. I.e. 'echo gnome-session

Re: Default Window Manager

2001-04-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 05:01:37PM -0700, Aaron ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I just tried to follow these directions and still couldn't get gnome to > start as the default WM. > > ' > Just install them. In your .xinitrc add the command to start whichever > envinronment you want to run. I.e.

Re: default window manager

1998-08-21 Thread Shaleh
a) create a file called .xsession (or .xinitrc) in your home directory. In it place a line like the following: exec wmakwer This will start window maker when X starts. or b) edit /etc/X11/window-managers and put wmaker at the top of the list Brian D Kellogg wrote: > > Could someone please tell

Re: Default Window Manager

1996-12-27 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Thomas" == Thomas Baetzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thomas> Angel Leyva wrote: >> I have X installed and running fine, using xinit. When I start >> the X environment, I get no window manager at all. >> >> How can I get X to start a window manager by default? Th

Re: Default Window Manager

1996-12-23 Thread Thomas Baetzler
Angel Leyva wrote: > > I have X installed and running fine, using xinit. When I start the X > environment, I get no window manager at all. > > How can I get X to start a window manager by default? See man xinit. You´ll have to make up a .xsession file starting all of the applications you want in