Subject: Re: X strangeness
To: Richard Massey <richardm@clear.net.nz>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/29/2000 13:21:39
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Richard Massey wrote:

> I have xdm enabled using the OSFA colour server (NetBSD 1.4.2 on a
> Quadra650). On boot the behaviour has changed.
> Initially I would get an Xconsole (minimised), services manager and an Xterm.
> Now I get a menu spread across the screen and extending off both sides and
> in order to get a functioning system I have to select a button labelled
> default/??.

That sounds like the default session manager, "xsm", on a small
screen. The "startx" script doesn't invoke a session manager by
default. You might like a different window manager better. Afterstep,
fvm, fvm2 all supply a virtual screen larger than your actual screen,
probably essential if you must run X at less than 1024x768. "wmx" is
very nice, and simple enough to run well on a mac68k box, but no
virtual screen.

You can invoke your chosen window manager, after installing it, by
adding "exec wmx", "exec afterstep", as required, to the end of your
~/.xsession file (or create one, if it doesn't exist).

> Does this have anything to do with installing lynx???

Not at all.