Subject: Re: Window Maker
To: falaki@ce.sharif.edu <falaki@ce.sharif.edu>
From: Chris Lloyd <squffy@gmail.com>
List: tech-x11
Date: 09/07/2004 11:24:00
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:07:32 +0430 (IRDT), falaki@ce.sharif.edu
<falaki@ce.sharif.edu> wrote:

>        I have installed NetBSD 1.6.2 on a sparc64 machine. I chose to install
> the X window with the default NetBSD installation. After that I compiled
> and installed windowmaker for pkgsrc. Now when I try to run wmaker from
> the xterm I get the following error:
> Wmaker fatal error: It seems that there is already a window manager running.

This is probably because twm is already running, try putting "wmaker"
in the .xinitrc file in your home directory (which you will probably
have to create) and then starting X with "startx" on the console.

Hope that helps,

  - Chris

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