Taupter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was poking update-alternatives, but didn't find a way to point my > default window manager to /usr/local/bin/gnome-session.
FWIW, gnome-session is not a window manager. If you're sure you want to do that, you could issue: update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager \ x-window-manager /usr/local/bin/gnome-session 90 \ --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz \ x-window-manager.1.gz <path-to-gnome-session-manpage> (if there is no manpage, leave out the last two lines) > Yes I did read the man 8 update-alternatives, but it was a bit confusing > to me (as I think it is a bit confusing to anyone but the man writer aka > Ian Jackson), since it was not sufficiently explanatory (at least to me. > Shame on me...). I agree. Trial-and-error helps. But I think the better way to do this is to start gnome-session from your "~/.xinitrc" This way "x-window-manager" will still start a window manager, not a session manager or whatever. -- Robbe