Subject: Re: Plural window managers for X
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/13/2002 17:01:18
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, David S. 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?
>
> Doesn't 'kdm' have a window manager selection option?  If not,
> 'gdm' in pksrc/x11 does, as does 'wdm', which may not have
> a NetBSD package.

Can one of these display manager's menus be used via startx?

(But then you would need to log in twice?)

Also, wdm just was added to pkgsrc last Saturday.
pkg/19317: New package: x11/wdm

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