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changing the default windowmaker

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charlesy

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Aug 3, 1999
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I am running gnome on Redhat 6.0 and I need to change the default windowmaker which is enlightenment<br>
for a debugging exercise.<br>
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Is there any timeout feture that automatically stops X when a problem strikes.
 
I've not got a RedHat 6.0 box here, but the setup is usually the same. Depending upon whether you are starting from a xdm (graphical login) session, or the command line, you need to alter either .xinitrc or .Xsession in your home directory.<br>
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Look for the line that contains something like "exec enlightenment" and change as required.<br>
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As to the timeout feature, I dont't think there is such a beast. What kind of problem are you talking about? Is X totally hanging? Is a program hanging, but the rest of X is OK?<br>
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If X is hanging, try hitting Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to crash out of X. If it's hanging regularly, you might want to consider chaning your window manager to something a little more resource friendly, like WindowMaker.<br>
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Hope this helps.
 
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