Hi. I''ve been running CentOS 4 since it was first released. I just updated (via yum) to 4.3 yesterday (with no problems as most would guess!). My system runs X on start up (initlevel 5) and uses gdm as the display manager. I know that when I first installed CentOS 4 with GNOME as the default desktop, it came with metacity as the window manager (in fact it is still installed and I''ve never touched any of the X settings). I would like to try another window manager (I saw one in the CentOS extras repository). Can someone sort of guide me as to what I need to do to "run" a different window manager in X? The window manager that I want to try is ''xfwm4''. Thanks. Sincerely Jose
Am Mi, den 22.03.2006 schrieb Jose Alburquerque um 21:22:> Hi. I''ve been running CentOS 4 since it was first released. I just > updated (via yum) to 4.3 yesterday (with no problems as most would > guess!). My system runs X on start up (initlevel 5) and uses gdm as the > display manager. I know that when I first installed CentOS 4 with GNOME > as the default desktop, it came with metacity as the window manager (in > fact it is still installed and I''ve never touched any of the X > settings). I would like to try another window manager (I saw one in the > CentOS extras repository). Can someone sort of guide me as to what I > need to do to "run" a different window manager in X? The window manager > that I want to try is ''xfwm4''. Thanks. > > Sincerely > JoseUse the "switchdesk" command. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC2smp Serendipity 21:32:51 up 8 days, 23:20, load average: 1.66, 1.93, 1.90 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060322/c0c0f76f/attachment.bin
Alexander Dalloz wrote:>Am Mi, den 22.03.2006 schrieb Jose Alburquerque um 21:22: > > > >>Hi. I''ve been running CentOS 4 since it was first released. I just >>updated (via yum) to 4.3 yesterday (with no problems as most would >>guess!). My system runs X on start up (initlevel 5) and uses gdm as the >>display manager. I know that when I first installed CentOS 4 with GNOME >>as the default desktop, it came with metacity as the window manager (in >>fact it is still installed and I''ve never touched any of the X >>settings). I would like to try another window manager (I saw one in the >>CentOS extras repository). Can someone sort of guide me as to what I >>need to do to "run" a different window manager in X? The window manager >>that I want to try is ''xfwm4''. Thanks. >> >>Sincerely >>Jose >> >> > >Use the "switchdesk" command. > >Alexander > >Is xfwm4 a window manager specifically designed for xfce? I was looking for an alternative window manager for GNOME and I kinda thought xfwm4 was a simple window manager compatible with GNOME. I guess I was misinformed. Thanks for the info though! Sincerely Jose