Re: AfterStep is not installing right

Stephane Boyer (sboyer@colba.net)
Wed, 27 May 1998 01:28:30 -0400 

On Wed, 27 May 1998, you wrote:
>On Tue, 26 May 1998, Stephane Boyer wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 26 May 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote:
>> >running Debian 1.3 and kernel-2.0.33. I have Xfree86 installed 3.3.1 and 
>> 
>> Debian requires that you start afterstep from /etc/X11/window-managers
>> 
>> you simply edit the file, and list afterstep as the FIRST wm with full path
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>> Stephane Boyer / 691 Surrey / Baie d'Urfe, Quebec / CANADA H9X-2E8
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>
>Well Debian doesn't REQUIRE that you have your window manager on that

if you don't want to break anything,  it is preferable to use the debian
configs. 

>list, having .xinitrc in the home directory will work fine as long as you
>use startx to well start x :)

how you start X makes no difference (startx, Xstart, runx, xdm) debian will
always start the first WM in the window-managers file, if you also have  a WM in
an .Xinitrc both will be started.  why waste the memory.


>It might be required if you are using xsession instead of startx

no, same difference.

>
>I have no mention of afterstep in that windowmanagers file and I haven't
>had probs.  Just my 2 (canadian) cents :)
>

the fact that it wasn't listed , was because you didn't install the debian
afterstep package, you probably compiled the source yourself, a debian package
contains scripts that configure the software it installs. and a WM.deb will add
itself to the window-managers file when installed (dpkg -i, dselect)

anyways, it's your choice how you configure X, but if you stay with starting it
from xinitrc, then i'd suggest you remove all entries in the window-managers
file

Steph!


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