On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:24:47AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > James Buchanan wrote: > > >When I run `startx' I would like afterstep to run, and I would like a menu > >giving me a list of all the window managers/desktop environments that I can > >run. How do I tell startx to run afterstep by default? > > > Several people have answered this question, but I haven't seen a > response to your desire for a menu. The easiest way would be to run a > graphical session manager like gdm or kdm, which will let you pick from > a list of installed wm's each time you log in via that session manager. > If you wanted to stay away from graphical session managers, you could > "roll your own" text-based script (someone's probably already done it > and made it available, so you could roll your own or spend time looking > for someone else's script). > apt-get install selectwm
Add exec selectwm to ~/.xinitrc. You get a menu of all the window managers installed on your system. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. mophobia, n.: Fear of being verbally abused by a Mississippian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]