Re: [SLUG] Re: fast window managers

From: Andrew Wyatt (awyatt@intergate.cx)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 22:07:46 EST


X&
(control-alt-f1)
export DISPLAY=localhost:0
name_of_x_app

(I hope this is what you are referring to haha use control-alt-backspace to
kill the X server.)

If you are looking for a way to start X from the console, put your
winmanager in ~/.xinitrc and "startx" (make sure you are in runlevel 3, not
5)

-AW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Keyes" <m9u35@yahoo.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: fast window managers

> excuse my newbieness, but how would I run programs in straight X?
>
> --- Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 05:38:48AM -0800, Justin Keyes wrote:
> >
> > > Sounds great! I'll definitely try it... 27k is crazy! Then, THEN,
> > > maybe I can rest!! :D
> > > --Justin Keyes
> > >
> >
> > Y'know, you _could_ just run bare X. That way you'd get it down to
> > 0k!
> > ;-}
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > >
> > > --- Brian Coyle <brianc@magicnet.net> wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > > lwm -- Lightweight Window Manager.
> > > >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > > And how's this for lightweight?
> > > >
> > > > $ ls -l lwm
> > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 brian brian 27096 Jul 11 00:06 lwm
> > > >
> >
>
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