Web server logs - 120Part ILinux First Steps .Twm (Tabbed Window Manager) Although
120Part ILinux First Steps .Twm (Tabbed Window Manager) Although no longer actively maintained, some people still use twm when they want a truly bare-bones desktop. Untilyou click the left mouse button in twm, there s nothing on the screen. Use themenu that pops up to open and close windows. There are many other window managers available for Linux as well. To check outsome more, visit the Xwinman Web site (www.plig.org/xwinman). Once the system default is set for your window manager, users can set their ownwindow manager to override that decision. The follow section describes how todothat. Choosing Your Personal Window ManagerSimply adding an execline with the name of the window manager you want to useto your own .xinitrcfile in your home directory causes startxto start that win- dow manager for you. Here is an example of the contents of a .xinitrcto start theWindow Maker window manager: exec /usr/bin/wmakerMake sure that the file is executable (chmod 755 $HOME/.xinitrc). The WindowMaker window manager should start the next time you start your desktop. Otherwindow managers you can choose include Blackbox (/usr/X11R6/bin/blackbox), FluxBox (/usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox), FVWM (/usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox), FVWM- 95 (/usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm95), and twm (/usr/X11R6/bin/twm). Getting More InformationIf you tried configuring X and you still have a server that crashes or has a garbleddisplay, your video card may either be unsupported or may require special configu- ration. Here are a couple of locations you can check for further information: .X.Org(www.x.org) The latest information about the X servers that comewith Fedora Core is available from the X.Org Web site. X.Org is the freewareversion of X recently used by many major Linux distributions to replace theXFree86 X server. .X documentation README files that are specific to different types of videocards are delivered with the X.Org X server. Visit the X docdirectory(/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc) for a README file specific to the type of videocard (or more specifically, the video chipset) you are using. A lot of goodinformation can also be found on the xorg.confman page (type manxorg.conf).