If you look at the xinitrc, you should see that the environmental variable WINDOWMANAGER is checked to see what is set. You can copy the system xinitrc file (which I believe lives in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit) to your home directory as .xinitrc don't forget the . . You can then play with variables in your .cshrc or whatever shell you use. Worst case scenario just define the windowmanager in that file. Go to the bottm where it says exec $WINDOWMANAGER, comment that out and replace it with exec kwm & or exec twm & or exec fvwm & Whichever windowmanager you choose. Then startx will fire it up with no other variables on the command line. peter On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote:
While I would agree with Jay about adding /usr/X11R6/bin to your PATH environment variable, why not simply create an alias in your .bashrc file: alias startkde='startx /usr/X11R6/bin/kde' alias startwm='startx /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker'
On 5 Aug 2002 at 15:26, Jay Vollmer wrote:
jvollmer@visi.com
Hello all,
I am using startx command to start X Window System. If i want to start KDE i type:
# startx /usr/X11R6/bin/kde
or when i want windowmaker:
# startx /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker
Is there a way to start kde by typing startx kde or windowmaker by typing startx wmaker?
Try putting /usr/X11R6/bin in your $PATH
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