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Fog_Watch
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:13 am Post subject: [Solved] How to choose window manager from SLiM |
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I can set the display manager in /etc/conf.d/xdm to be xdm. Then I set the window manager in /etc/rc.conf. After I have logged in I get the window manager I asked for.
I can also set the display manager to be SLiM. After a successful login, though, no windows are displayed: not from IceWM, twm or anything. I am just returned to the SLiM login screen. How do you specify the window manager to use from SLiM?
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Vegan
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:30 am Post subject: |
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4 example
| Code: | $ echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc
or
$ echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc
or
$ echo "exec "startfluxbox > ~/.xinitrc |
and by the way Read The Friendy Manual  My Friend 
| Code: | | http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_SLiM_setup |
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Master Chef
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| Last time I checked with SLiM, they had a bug where the window manager wouldn't be set. Something like choices of 1) Xfce, 2) KDE, 3) Gnome, but on default, SLiM would use the 0th WM. I wonder if they've fixed that by now. If not, try hitting F2 (I think) and see if that gives you a menu to choose from. |
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c0vert
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Master Chef wrote: | | If not, try hitting F2 (I think) and see if that gives you a menu to choose from. |
F10 will bring up the session screen to choose your wm/de while your at login.
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Fog_Watch
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:24 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Vegan, Master Chef and c0vert.
| Master Chef wrote: | | Last time I checked with SLiM, they had a bug where the window manager wouldn't be set. |
I think I can confirm that the bug remains. In /etc/slim.conf
| Code: | | login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc icewm |
works, but the original
| Code: | | login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session |
does not.
| Master Chef wrote: | | try hitting F2 |
F1 works for me, but I think I'll hard code it.
Incidentally, this Gentoo thing just rocks. Before bed I go emerge abiword. It goes away and installs 80 odd dependencies and the AbiWord. Then in the morning I have AbiWord, grammar checking and everything working beautifully. The amount of time I spent doing just that on Slackware is embarrassing - and I failed.
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