I installed IceWM on FossaPup-64.
How to switch to the Window Manager I installed?
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Re: How to switch to the Window Manager I installed?
take a look at /etc/windowmanager
open it with Texteditor / Geany
in mine (upup-ef) there is written 'jwm', which is the filename of the windowmanager's executable .
try to change that to your WM.
Check, if the filename of your WMs executable got find in the searchpath
test it with which [filename] in Konsole.
If the answer is blank, extend your searchpath.
hope it helps, Eastler
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Re: How to switch to the Window Manager I installed?
@Eastler_Dart - I replaced "jwm" with "icewm" - and it worked. Thanks.
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Re: How to switch to the Window Manager I installed?
Normally you menu->Exit->Exit to prompt
At the prompt enter:
xwin (name of the window manager you want to use)
X server starts using that window manager.
The things you do not tell us, are usually the clue to fixing the problem.
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