FW: [Wylug-help] Window systems

[Tim Grey]

I have found the answer, thanks for all your replies.

1. Log out of a normal xwindow (gnome) session.  At the splash screen
type 'root' at the keyboard (it wont show anywhere) and then you have
the choice of the installed xwindow systems (5 or 6 I think).

Thanks
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: wylug-help-admin at wylug.org.uk
[mailto:wylug-help-admin at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Roger Leigh
Sent: 17 November 2003 22:05
To: Jim Jackson
Cc: Tim Grey; wylug-help at wylug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Wylug-help] Window systems


Jim Jackson <jj at comp.leeds.ac.uk> writes:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Tim Grey wrote:
>
>> 1. When i installed i chose to run the GNOME window system - how can
>> i change to try others? (KDE, IceVM etc)
>
> In debian the gnome login screen is configured to allow you to choose.

> Not sure about other distro's.

In Debian, the system-wide default window manager is a managed
alternative, called x-window-manager.  To configure it, run:

# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager

This can, of course, be overridden by the user, in their .xsession, or
wherever.


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