On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Gan Uesli Starling wrote:

> I have both KDE3 and ICE window managers. It would
> be very fine if I could ELECT which WM I want as an
> option to startx. Can I do that? If so, how do I do
> that?

You should also be able to do:
startx icewm
or:
startx startkde

> Note: when I simply modify xinitrc so that it does
> not call a WM, then startx crashes on take-off.

It does not need a WM. What is the error?

For example, many just have it start up an xterm.

> Could I maybe modify xinitrc somehow to ASK which
> WM it is to select, with maybe a default if no
> selection is made?

The default could just be xterm.

> PS: I rather like ICE window manager. Only thing
> it lacks that I like from KDE seems to be scrollbars
> on the terminal windows.

Almost all X terminals have scrollbars (so you don't need KDE's konsole).

Or you could just use konsole under icewm.

With xterm use the -sb switch. Look at the xterm man page; it has many
options for scrollbars and scrolling.


   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/