Steve Litt <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, 07 Sep 2014 19:01:11 +0100 > Martin Read <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you aren't using a GUI, or your choice of GUI on Debian uses a >> traditional window manager (and doesn't use gdm3 or lightdm as its X >> display manager if it even has one) rather than being one of the >> "desktop environments", > > My research tells me that for Xfce, LXDE, Openbox, JWM, dwm, IceWM and > the like, if you run without lightdm, whether because it was never > installed or because you rename it or put an exit high in its config > file, you simply boot to CLI, from which you can run startx as long as > your .xinitrc has the invocation to your desired window manager/desktop > environment.
Actually, you can do this on Debian without any fuss. Do a minimal install as usual, then install fvwm and run 'startx'. No .xinitrc is needed (mine is about 20 years old, though). -- Knowledge is volatile and fluid. Software is power. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
