Hi, where do I find instructions on how to change the Windowmanagerchooser? I want to add / delete options. Like: choosing between OpenBox, bspwm and i3wm.
Second question: if the wmchooser starts, this is still without X, right? Is it possible to set the chooser up in such a way that you have a "no X" option?
- Either right from the start (use case: you log on for some terminal based work. In the menu, you choose the no X-option)
- Or after working in, say OpenBox (use case: you want to kill the X server before doing dist-upgrade).
Thanks.
WMChooser, how to edit, plus no-X?
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Re: WMChooser, how to edit, plus no-X?
Hi,
just briefly:
sudo nano /usr/bin/wmchooser
For a no-X you either go to tty2/3/4/5 (ctrl-alt-f2/3/4/5) or add a tmux entry. Should work with a simple 'bash' entry, too - no guarantee though.
Reason: a simple "exit" from wmchooser will restart the login.
For dist-upgrades, change to tty2/3/4/5 and enter: sudo pkill X
then dist-upgrade in tty2/3/4/5
just briefly:
sudo nano /usr/bin/wmchooser
For a no-X you either go to tty2/3/4/5 (ctrl-alt-f2/3/4/5) or add a tmux entry. Should work with a simple 'bash' entry, too - no guarantee though.
Reason: a simple "exit" from wmchooser will restart the login.
For dist-upgrades, change to tty2/3/4/5 and enter: sudo pkill X
then dist-upgrade in tty2/3/4/5
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Re: WMChooser, how to edit, plus no-X?
Ooops, of course, the wmchooser man pages. Regarding no-X: of course, pkill Thanks.
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Re: WMChooser, how to edit, plus no-X?
Hold on, the choosewm package is not the wmchooser (later is BBQ only).
It's a quite self-explaining file, a wrapper around a simply bash menu. Simply remove/change the entries in /usr/bin/wmchooser - it's really not a big deal, but if you get stuck I will fix it for you ;)
It's a quite self-explaining file, a wrapper around a simply bash menu. Simply remove/change the entries in /usr/bin/wmchooser - it's really not a big deal, but if you get stuck I will fix it for you ;)
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Re: WMChooser, how to edit, plus no-X?
OK, I'll see! Sänk ju verrie matsch!