Re: KDE for CygWin?

[Biju G C <bijumaillist at yahoo dot com>]

Following commands works for me with out modifying startx

>From bash 

  $ startx -e openbox &
  $ startx -e wmaker &
  $ startx -e fvwm2 &

(PS: But this technique dont work with startxwin.bat)


--- Pat Lightbody <plightbo@cisco.com> wrote:
> Charles,
> Cygwin already provides several pre-built WMs in the setup.exe utility (not
> Gnome or KDE, but they do exist). I use Openbox. Basically, just download
> and install a new WM using setup.exe (or whatever else if you want Gnome or
> KDE) and then modify /usr/X11R6/bin/startx.bat and comment out the twm line
> and replace it with another WM. Fin!
> 
> -Pat
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles E. Cooper" <cec112@psu.edu>
> To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 1:33 PM
> Subject: KDE for CygWin?
> 
> 
> > I have been using Cygwin to connect from a PC, Windows 2000 to a Solaris
> > machine where our target system is run.
> >
> > The TWM window manager doesn't have all the featues I'd like, so I was
> > curious if there's another window manager.
> > I saw a reference to KDE, but when I installed it, it installed as a
> > separate task on the PC, not to change the default window manager for the
> > Cygwin.
> >
> > Is there a way to change window managers, and how?
> > I'm a Unix level user, not a heavy programmer type.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > Charles E. Cooper
> > Applied Research Laboratory
> > The Pennsylvania State University
> > (814) 865-6829 (Swift Office)
> > (814) 865-2020
> > ccooper@psu.edu
> 


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