| Walt Mankowski on 2 Nov 2006 00:15:19 -0000 |
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On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 07:04:46PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson wrote: > I'm trying to change my window manager. It's not working. I'm trying > to do it the right way, whatever that is, by using (debian testing) > update-alternatives. But despite the below, when I authenticate to > gdm, or when I run startx from the non-X command line, up comes my old > wm, sawfish. On another machine where I tried this, the default wm is > metacity, and the same problem presents. > > Google presents lots of articles on wm choice, but I haven't found any > that address how to choose. > > I can fix the problem with a sludge hammer, putting the name of my > preferred wm in ~/.Xsession. This all seems wrong, though, even > update-alternatives. WM choice should be easily configured by the > individual user. Anyone know how? Do you maybe have it in ~/.xinitrc? It's probably not The Right Way, but it's how I start the window manager on my box... Walt Attachment:
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