Sunday, October 25, 2009

How do I use an alternate window manager?

a. Bypassing CDE
1. echo "exec /path/to/alternate/window/manager" > .xsession
b. Maintaining CDE
1. Xresources
a. cd /usr/dt/config/C/Xresources.d
b. /usr/bin/cp Xresources.ow Xresources.wm
c. Modify Xresources.wm
1. Dtlogin*altDtName: Alternate WindowManager
2. Dtlogin*altDtKey: /path/to/alternate/window/manager
3. Dtlogin*altDtStart: /usr/dt/config/Xsession.wm
4. Dtlogin*altDtLogo: WMlogo
2. Xsession
a. cd /usr/dt/config
b. /usr/bin/cp Xsession.ow Xsession.wm
c. Modify Xsession.wm
1. Place windowmanager environment
3. Logo (for display in CDE login)
a. cd /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/C
b. /usr/bin/cp OWlogo.pm WMlogo.pm
1. Replace this with your own XPM file

2. How do I disable X Windows from starting at boot?

a. Method 1 (recommended)
1. /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d
b. Method 2
1. /usr/bin/mv /etc/rc2.d/S99dtlogin /etc/rc2.d/s99dtlogin

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