WinManager & desktops, Choosing

Newsgroups:  comp.os.linux.x
Date:     15 Apr 2003 12:41:22 -0700

> I'm using Red Hat 8.0 with Gnome. But now I have installed Pekwm and
> want to use it. The problem is that I can't start it. I have tried to
> do this by making the file .xinitrc (by default this file doesn't
> exist) and include:
> exec pekwm
> but this didn't work and I read somewhere that I have to do the same
> with the file .xsession. So I included the line:
> exec pekwm
> but it doesn't work this time either.
> What am I doing wrong?

Thanks a lot folks. I just managed to start the damn windowmaker :) Cause I use gdm ( I figured that out now :) ) a good way to solve the problem was the way Achim telled me.

Create the file Xclients.pekwm in /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/ and include the line exec pekwm and then create the file pekwm in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/ and include the line exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession pekwm. Then I had to change permission for the files with the comman chmod 755.

So by now I can choose pekwm as session from the graphical login menu. Nice!

Stefan