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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:47:05 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
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> On Friday 30 December 2005 03:18, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." |
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> <bss03@××××××××××.com> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Alternative Window |
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> Managers': |
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>> I'm wanting to experiment with some alternative window managers. I'd |
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>> like to have them available as separate sessions when I log in. |
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>> I've only used KDE and Gnome in the past; they automatically are added |
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>> as alternative |
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>> sessions. I figured this would be the best place to ask how to set |
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>> these alternative window managers up in Gentoo. |
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>> I have a couple of boxen, one that uses gdm and one that uses kdm. It |
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>> would be nice if the instructions were portable between both of these X |
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>> login managers. |
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> Thanks for all the encouragement an talk about the pros and cons of the |
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> various windows managers. However, can anyone address my issue of being |
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> about to select an alternative window manager from my login manager? Via |
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> the session chooser? I've never really had to set up anything 'cept KDE |
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> and Gnome and they do it for you. |
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This may offer some ideas. As Holly wrote, it's a butt ugly process. |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Activate_Graphical_login |
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