On 31 Jan 2013, Marcin Kłapkowski wrote: > Hello, > > I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on > tty7. I wanted to test other window managers without changing my basic > config, and still using my desktop. Tried on tty6 with: > startx /usr/bin/awesome > it start nice, and it's working. > But when i switch to tty7 and back to tty6 i got console with X.org > starting messages, no desktop. I have to stop X and start again. > XDM doesn't have choice for window manager, so only .xsession is my > choice. > Any ideas how to make nice double desktop config? > > Thanks > martin3z, >
I use this script in spectrwm: # switch to icewm xinit /home/ac/.xxinitrc -- :1 & where .xxinitrc is the same as my ordinary .xinitrc except that it starts a different WM (icewm) I then shift between them with Shift-Alt-F8 and Shift-Alt-F7. No doubt you could have three or more WMs if you wanted. I do this because I like tiling WMs but they don't do very well with programs that open a lot of windows, such as xsane or gimp; a stacking WM is better for these. AC -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acampbell.org.uk http://www.reviewbooks.org.uk http://www.skepticviews.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130201094408.gd32...@acampbell.org.uk
