On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:33:16AM +1000, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 06:17:44PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > On 5/18/22 17:46, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: > > > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 02:47:25PM -0700, Fred wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I normally use openbox for window manager but I would like to try fvwm. > > > > Can > > > > this be done without disrupting openbox and how to do it? > > > > > > Run X on a free virtual terminal, then you'll start fvwm and, say, > > > xterm on that: > > > > > > E.g.: > > > $ sudo /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -nolisten tcp -auth $HOME/fvwm-trial.auth :2 > > > vt09 > > > $ DISPLAY=:2 > > > $ fvwm& > > > $ xterm& > > > > > > That will start an X server on vt9 with display identity :2, with fvwm > > > and an xterm. Shift to it with C-A-F9 and shift back with C-A-F7. > > > > > > Ralph. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Dng mailing list > > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > Hi Ralph, > > > > I assume that when I install fvwm first it won't automagically replace > > openbox? > > I donät think so. I installed fvwm on my xfce without hiccup. Though I > havenät tried rebooting yet. > > > Your sudo command line and following commands are executed in an openbox > > xterm which starts fvwm in the "void" and the C-A-F9 switches out of openbox > > and into fvwm? > > Yes, all fine. > > > > > When I am done evaluating fvwm I can stop it by kill -9 whatever-its-PID is? > > Or is there a proper way? > > Yes. Will need sudo of course, since Xorg is owned by root.
See e.g. https://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.1/doc/Xserver.1.html#sect11 Ralph. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
