Re: [PLUG] changing window manager

[Shameel Arafin <algebraist@gmail.com>]

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Something wrong with your gdm settings -- gdm lets me choose which wm
I want, under the Options or Session button.

Never tried Sawfish. I highly recommend Fluxbox. Ratpoison I've read
about, but... I like my Logitech trackball ;)

S/

Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 07:33:07PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
>> Thanks (and to Walt): .xinitrc was, indeed, specifying
>> gnome-session, which is very insistent about launching a window
>> manager that it likes.  Supposedly other wm's can coexist with
>> gnome, but it's not obvious.  Also non-obvious is what gnome does
>>  for me, so it's maybe a wash.
>
> And, it turns out, I had to shut off not only gdm but xdm as well.
> Both run gnome before I have a chance to launch my preferred wm du
> jour.
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