Subject: Re: Window manager for Xmacppc
To: Thomas Miller <tom@insolvencyhelp.org>
From: None <juha.nygard1@netikka.fi>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/14/2004 19:39:48
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Thomas Miller wrote:

> Hello, 
> 
> On a Powermac 7300/200 I thought I might try using the 
> tvtwm window manager as a workaround for Xmacppc's 
> 640x480 limitation.  
> 
> Is there a better workaround than tvtwm (aside from 
> installing a video card)?
> 
> I am using NetBSD-1.6.  When I run 
> 
> # startx 
> 
> Xmacppc seems to run just fine using twm.  This is 
> out-of-the-box without any configuration.  I built 
> tvtwm from pkgsrc/wm, but I don't know how to tell 
> Xmacppc to use tvtwm instead of twm.  
> 
> # man xmacppc
> man: no entry for xmacppc in the manual.
> # man Xmacppc
> man: no entry for Xmacppc in the manual.
> # exit
> 
> How to I tell Xmacppc to use tvtwm?  
> 
> Is there Xmacppc documentation?  If yes, where?  
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> Tom
> 
> 

~/.xinitrc perhaps? Or just replace the twm binary.

Juha