Using xfwm4 as a standalone wm

Paul Hunnisett paulhunni at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Aug 5 23:21:42 CEST 2003


But how can I start anything else and what do I want to start?  I know
it's possible to run xfwm4 without xfce4 because I read it in the xfce
docs - but HOW do I do it?

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 21:19, Moritz Heiber wrote:
> On 05 Aug 2003 22:04:16 +0000
> Paul Hunnisett <paulhunni at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to try using xfwm4 as a standalone wm - but I can't figure
> > out how.  If I put /usr/bin/xfwm4 in my ~/.xinitrc then X starts and I
> > get a mouse cursor and nothing else
> 
> Just using a WINDOW MANAGER is quite useless since you need to start
> something else it's actually manages...
> 
> Bye,
> 
> Moritz
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