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To: redhat-list@redhat.com From: Hidong Kim <hkim@tscnet.com> Subject: Re: fvwm2 instead of kde Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 22:14:36 -0800 On Tuesday 04 December 2001 02:34 am, you wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:52:44 -0800 > > Hidong Kim <hkim@tscnet.com> implied: > > Hi, > > > > I want to switch to fvwm2 from kde. My machine just doesn't have > > the ponies to run kde very well. I created a ~/.xinitrc with two > > lines: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > exec fvwm2 > > > > > > It's still logging in to kde. I restarted X. The machine boots > > into the kdm login screen. I choose "default" from the login menu > > in the login window, thinking that I should be logging in to the > > window manager specified by ~/.xinitrc. But it's still giving me > > kde. How > > do > > > I get fvwm2? Thanks, > > If you use runlevel 5 (graphic login) your .xinitrc will be ignored. > Copy the contents to .xsession in your home directory and try it. Thanks for the tip. I was booting into runlevel 5. I created a ~/.xsession. Now I have a .xinitrc and .xsession which are identical and look exactly like: #!/bin/sh exec fvwm2 I still can't get rid of kde. When I set the default runlevel to 3, I can issue 'startx' from the command line, and I go into fvwm2 like I want. But I would like to go into fvwm2 from default runlevel 5. Are there any other config files that need to be changed to get rid of kde? I also noticed a ~/.xsession-errors which was modified after I created the ~/.xsession. ~/.xsession-errors looks like this: X Error of failed request: 86 Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) Serial number of failed request: 9 Current serial number in output stream: 11 Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type read Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". [artsd] suspend Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". QObject::connect: No such signal KIO::DeleteJob::data(KIO::Job*,const QByteArray&) QObject::connect: (sender name: 'job') QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'unnamed') Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Thanks, Hidong === To: redhat-list@redhat.com From: Hidong Kim <hkim@tscnet.com> Subject: Re: fvwm2 instead of kde Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 22:31:27 -0800 Gregory Hosler wrote: > On 04-Dec-01 Hidong Kim wrote: > > I want to switch to fvwm2 from kde. My machine just doesn't have the > > ponies to run kde very well. I created a ~/.xinitrc with two lines: > > > >#!/bin/sh > > > > exec fvwm2 > > > > > > It's still logging in to kde. I restarted X. The machine boots into > > the kdm login screen. I choose "default" from the login menu in the > > login window, thinking that I should be logging in to the window > > manager specified by ~/.xinitrc. But it's still giving me kde. How do > > I get fvwm2? Thanks, > what happens when you select Fvwm from the GUI login screen as your session > manager ? There's no fvwm2 in the pull-down menu in the xdm login window. The only choices I have are default, kde, gnome, and failsafe. I thought default would do it, since fvwm2 is specified in both ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession. But default still gives me kde. Rats. === To: redhat-list@redhat.com From: Ani_Adarsh <Ani_Adarsh@satyam.com> Subject: RE: fvwm2 instead of kde Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:01:34 +0530 add fwm2 from the kde control center you have options for adding new types of sessions then it should work === To: <redhat-list@redhat.com> From: "Anthony E. Greene" <agreene@pobox.com> Subject: Re: fvwm2 instead of kde Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 02:37:21 -0500 (EST) On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Hidong Kim wrote: >There's no fvwm2 in the pull-down menu in the xdm login window. The >only choices I have are default, kde, gnome, and failsafe. I thought >default would do it, since fvwm2 is specified in both ~/.xinitrc and >~/.xsession. But default still gives me kde. Rats. Create an ~/.Xclients file, make it executable, and put your fvwm command in it. Then you can use the Default session choice in xdm. === To: redhat-list@redhat.com From: Robert Storey <dial911@venus.seed.net.tw> Subject: Re: fvwm2 instead of kde Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:00:30 +0800 Switchdesk is the easiest way to change your default from Gnome (or KDE) to FVWM2. XFCE is also on the Redhat Powertools CD as an RPM file. It works really well - speed is similar to FVWM2 but it's just so much more aesthetic. Switchdesk doesn't (by default) support XFCE. You can set XFCE as your default desktop by creating a file .xinitrc in your home directory with the single command "startxfce". I've found that Kmail doesn't work well in either FVWM2 or XFCE, so you might want to consider using Sylpheed instead. ===