XST1 Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Anybody know how to change to a different window manager in the console for X Window System? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 What distro are you running? Try the "wmconfig" command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XST1 Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 im using Slackware.... I tried it but no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 do you mean that you are already in X or are you in console and don't like what loads. In the later case just put a new entry in ~user/.xinitrc The first case i've only seen you able to change windows managers on the fly in 1 distro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XST1 Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 i mean i havent started X window system yet, ive just started the kernel and logged in... im guessing that Slackware 9.1 doesnt come with wmconfig tool so ill have to install it myself... thanks anyways for the help guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguana Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 i mean i havent started X window system yet, ive just started the kernel and logged in... im guessing that Slackware 9.1 doesnt come with wmconfig tool so ill have to install it myself... thanks anyways for the help guys Actually, Slackware 9.1 should install the wmconfig tool during OS install, unless you specifically opted not to... I run Slack 9.1 as well, and wmconfig worked wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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