| Casey Bralla on 18 Apr 2014 03:36:21 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] two window managers |
According to this wiki post (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/twm), you enter "exec twm" to start it. I"m not familiar with twm, so can't be sure. Beware that you may have a completely null configuration file, which would lead to a blank screen like you are seeing. On Thursday 2014-04-17 10:16:27 PM Carl Johnson wrote: > 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. -- Casey Bralla Chief Nerd in Residence The NerdWorld Organisation www.NerdWorld.org ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug