From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ichi@ihug.co.nz Subject: Re: Trying to get GUI'ed Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:32:15 +0000 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3DBD041F.1E02F459@ihug.co.nz> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20021024230507.0215c7e0@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Ray Olszewski Cc: Heimo Claasen , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Ray Olszewski wrote: > > In principle, you could run X with no Window Manager, > just starting a single xterm when the X server starts. > I've never done this myself (I have read about the > procedure, in a *very* old book), I ran X on an old 486 like this for several months. To see how it works, edit ~/.xinitrc ------------------------------------------------------ xsetroot -solid grey xcalc -geometry 200x300-0-0 -bg lightblue -font 9x15 & xclock -geometry 240x240+0-0 -bg yellow & xterm -font 9x15 ------------------------------------------------------ Then execute 'startx' > What I would suggest as a practical solution is for you > to run X with one of the lightweight Window Managers > ... say blackbox or icewm, I agree. On my 486, I went from no-wm to icewm and there was no noticeable effect on the speed. icewm adds a lot of functionality without using a lot of resources. Cheers, Steven ______________________________ http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs