How do I start WM?

Holger Krull holger.krull@gmx.de
Wed Feb 24 15:45:00 GMT 2010


Am 23.02.2010 15:11, schrieb Joseph Ess:
> How do I start XWindows in full screen mode with OpenBox window manager?
> It used to be that I'd just put the command for the window manager at the end of startxwin.bat.  Now that file's gone away.
> I can't use startxwin.exe as it is multi-window only.  I can run XWin.exe, but the only command line or .XWinrc options I can find for that program are for Windows-specific functions(i.e. system tray icon).
> TIA,
> Joe

To achive this, create a icon that points to
C:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c "/usr/bin/startx"

Edit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc and change
twm &
to
openbox &

That changes the behavior for all users.


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