Hi,
I have installed windowmaker but when I start X11 using windowmaker
instead of quartz the whole thing just crashes. Any idea what's going on?
Jo Claridge
Murali Vadivelu wrote:
> Once you have installed windowmaker through Fink, run wmaker.inst from
> the commandline. That will set you up for wm without touching
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file. It also does other things to setup wm
> completely. However, it should be run for each user, as it is user
> specific.
>
>
> On 20 Mar 2007, at 15:30, Johnny Eugene Croy wrote:
>
>> Jo,
>>
>> FYI: Of course the "exec windowmaker" will only work if you have it
>> downloaded (presumably via fink).
>>
>> - J
>>
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Johnny Eugene Croy wrote:
>>
>>> Jo,
>>>
>>> I don't think that you need to remove Apple's X11. You can run it
>>> in full window mode by opening X11 and then going to X11 -->
>>> Preferences --> Output. Then choose the "Enable the Enter Full
>>> Screen Mode" option. That will put X11 into full screen mode when
>>> it starts. To exit out of full screen mode you just have to hit
>>> "Command-Option-A".
>>>
>>> As for the windowmaker window manager feature, you can tell X11 to
>>> use this instead of apple quartz by modifying the xinitrc file found
>>> in /etc/X11/xinit/. Find the line that reads,
>>>
>>> exec quartz-wm
>>>
>>> and replace it with
>>>
>>> exec windowmaker
>>>
>>> This will then use windowmaker as the window manager instead of
>>> quartz-wm. Hope that this helps!
>>>
>>> - Johnny
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 19, 2007, at 10:14 PM, Jo Claridge wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> As Murali suggested I am trying to get X11.app running in full
>>>> screen mode using windowmaker but I
>>>> can't get rid of the Apple proprietry X11. Is it neccessary to use
>>>> xorg? If I can't use the Apple X11 how
>>>> do I remove it?
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>>
>>>> jo Claridge
>
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