How do I start WM?

[Holger Krull]

Am 24.02.2010 23:56, schrieb Kenneth Wolcott:
> Hi Holger;
>
>> 1. Do you have a .xinitrc in your home directory? (try ls -la )
>> If so, delete it.
>
>    I do not have a ~/.xinitrc in either /home/kwolcott
>
>> 2. Will it start if you manually enter startx in a cygwin shell?
>
>    I was able to start twm using startx without any problem, but I
> would like have KDE (yes I know it is much more heavy than twm)
>    I would like to use some KDE-based utilites (konsole and that time
> manager I keep forgetting the name of);
>
>> 2. If you don't change /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, can you start the X Server
>> with startx using twm?
>
> Yes.
>

In your first mail you said you wanted to start openbox as a window 
manager, now you talk about kde. That are two different things.

What happens if you start openbox in a bash shell without starting a 
X-Server first?


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