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by **a..** » Mon, 24 Mar 1997 04:00:00

Hi, I would like to change the X Windows manager in Redhat but am not
sure which file (s) control this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
RV

by **Michael Ruell** » Tue, 25 Mar 1997 04:00:00

> Hi, I would like to change the X Windows manager in Redhat but am not
> sure which file (s) control this. Any help would be appreciated.

> Thanks
> RV

In redaht 4.1 what controls which window manager starts up is called
.Xclients
You would have to edit that file with your favorite editor. There is
alot of stuff in that particular file from the standard setup that gets
installed. You might want to keep a backup copy in case your first
attempt at changing window managers fails. Hope This helps,
-
Michael Ruelle | "In the land of the dark, the Ship
College of Computer Science | of the Sun is driven by the
Northeastern University | Grateful Dead."

by **John Thomps** » Wed, 26 Mar 1997 04:00:00

>Hi, I would like to change the X Windows manager in Redhat but am not
>sure which file (s) control this. Any help would be appreciated.

One easy way to control which window manager you use is to put:
exec windowmanager
at the end of the filed called .xinitrc, which should be in your home
directory. (ls -a, of course, to see if you have one. If not, find
the system called xinitrc (without the dot) and copy it to .xinitrc,
as a starting point.

.xinitrc is the default file but you can use others, by starting X with,
say,
startx other-xinitrc

Hope that helps.

John Thompson
--
http://www.isu.edu/~thomjohn/

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Rehat 4.1 startup files?

Rehat 4.1 startup files?

Rehat 4.1 startup files?

Rehat 4.1 startup files?