Author: Roy Stogner
Email: roystgnr@iname.com
Web Page: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~roystgnr
Date Submitted: Wed, Jan 7, 1998
Status: New Entry

Releases: all
Platform: all
Category:  X Windows
Category Listing:  How do I replace my window manager in X?

Issue

(none)

Response

Replacing your window manager takes two steps: 

1. Download and install the window manager. Good choices like Afterstep
are in /pub/contrib at the Red Hat FTP sites, and "rpm -ivh filename.rpm"
will install them.

2. Set the window manager as your default. With "xdm" and "startx" in
Red Hat, you can edit /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients to change every user's
window manager, or copy that file to $HOME/.Xclients and
edit it to change one specific user's window manager. Adding the
line "exec afterstep" near the top of this file will run afterstep
as the default window manager.

References

/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc 
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients
man startx