Carl Johnson on 17 Apr 2014 19:17:14 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] two window managers

Ok I created .xinitrc in /home/testuser with "twm" in it. After that I tried "startx". The screen then goes black and hangs there. I hit ctrl-alt-bksp to get me back to a prompt. I think we're close???


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Carl Johnson
<cjohnson19791979@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's what I want to do, yes. I'm not sure what the command to start twm is
> though. "starttwm" doesn't work and "twm" just gives me "Unable to open
> display "" ".

twm isn't a desktop environment, just a window manager, and it doesn't
come up with a fancy startup script.  You just run it with a DISPLAY
set and it will manage that display.

Typically you just stick "twm" at the end of your .xinitrc and then
start x11 via startx, if you're not using a display manager.

Rich
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