How do I get i3 window manager to work?

[davidjackson]

Hey,
How do I switch window manager to i3?
I installed all the i3 files in ppm and changed etc/windowmanager to i3 (and committed out jwm) but when I boot up I still get the jwm.

TIA,
David

[gychang]

Hey,
How do I switch window manager to i3?
I installed all the i3 files in ppm and changed etc/windowmanager to i3 (and committed out jwm) but when I boot up I still get the jwm.

TIA,
David

try erasing the "jwm"s and just have "i3" (without the quotes) in the file.

[bigpup]

What specific Puppy version you using???????

[bigpup]

This is information you need to know.

Installing additional software
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=1819

[davidjackson]

Thanks, that did the trick!!
One quick question, how do I turn off the summary screen on the right-hand side of the screen?

David

[gychang]

Thanks, that did the trick!!
One quick question, how do I turn off the summary screen on the right-hand side of the screen?

David

which worked for you?, can u take a photo of the "summary screen" u r referring to?

[davidjackson]

Thanks for your patience.
i3 is working now.
Here is a picture of what I want to remove from the desktop.

Thanks,
David

[rockedge]

That's conky. I think you can shut it off in Menu->Desktop->JWMdesk or in a terminal killall conky

There is a toggle switch script floating around that's conveniant. To remove it from the system boot is possible by removing the autostart script.

[gychang]

i3 is working now.

did inserting i3 instead of jwm in the /etc/windowmanager and reboot work?

[davidjackson]

Yes putting it in the /etc/windowmanager worked.