-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Jan Krupa wrote:
> What happens ? After some time when I use kde (it works after > loading) I just > cannot start any program. I mean when choose something > from the the kde or debian menu. It sounds like kfm is dying. I don't know why it would be, but if you re-run it in an xterm, then I think things will go back to normal. I think I had this problem a while back, probably on beta 3, or so. I haven't seen it recently, though. > Q2. > I would like type startx and have possibility interactively to > choose before X Window is loaded which window manager I would like > to start. It is possible? How ? The Xsession script can actually take a parameter that lets you choose an X session. Kdm, the KDE replacement for xdm, has a combo box that lets you specify what the parameter is. For example, on my kdm screen, I can choose a kde session, a Window Maker session, an AfterStep session, an FVWM2 session, and a failsafe (no windowmanager) session. I modified the global Xsession file, /etc/X11/Xsession to execute the proper commands based on the parameter received. I added the menu selections to the kdm combo box by adding this line to /etc/kde/kdmrc (or was it kdmrc.in...or both...I don't understand the point of kdmrc.in, so I deleted it and symlinked it back to kdmrc): SessionTypes=kde;wmaker;afterstep;fvwm2;failsafe; It works like a charm. Just be sure that the user doesn't override the global Xsession with their own .xsession file (unless it can handle the same parameters), or the combo box selection will be meaningless. If you don't want to use kdm, but would rather use startx (as you say you would), then it could still be done, but you might have to write a little code, as I don't know of the existance of the proper utility. Basically, instead of a window manager being run, you'd run a simple application that lets you select a window manager (by clicking on a button, or something). Once you select a window manager, the chooser type thing can destroy its window and do a waitpid() on the window manager process. When the window manager exits, the chooser can exit, which terminates the xsession, and you're back at the console prompt. I'm not sure how this will work when you switch window managers while keeping the xsession alive, though. It might kill the xsession. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNhm704dCcpBjGWoFAQFafAP/TT7eWXmbyeWL/aZEbCIvsf2QIP4On77y jdD4393Dsm8EFO6tk2QmKRfMtqY5xBVpPCps81ECjiQUB6cJ9Xw0R/6rpNv9b/iV EpZp0WzHZykwjP2KdIMXoYIe98iVW6oA2LedJmHO/kZXY4qrhZzInC6RquT3sXYN sQhGoorhoQg= =L/Qz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
