Author: Roy Stogner
Email: roystgnr@iname.com
Web Page: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~roystgnr
Date Submitted: Wed, Jan 7, 1998
Status: New Entry
Releases: | all |
Platform: | all |
Category: | X Windows |
Category Listing: | How do I replace my window manager in X? |
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Replacing your window manager takes two steps:1. Download and install the window manager. Good choices like Afterstep
are in /pub/contrib at the Red Hat FTP sites, and "rpm -ivh filename.rpm"
will install them.2. Set the window manager as your default. With "xdm" and "startx" in
Red Hat, you can edit /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients to change every user's
window manager, or copy that file to $HOME/.Xclients and
edit it to change one specific user's window manager. Adding the
line "exec afterstep" near the top of this file will run afterstep
as the default window manager.
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
man startx