[K12OSN] IceWM as default desktop

[Shawn Powers]

On Oct 8, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Mikko Jordman wrote:
> A very straight forward howto would be nice!

The method I used probably breaks a lot of stuff, but it works well  
for me.  Here's what I did (critique welcomed):


1. Switch to KDM (I like login & password boxes both on the screen).   
To do this, add an entry in /etc/sysconfig/desktop that reads:  
DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"

2. mv /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession.original

3. create a new /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession with the following lines:

#!/bin/bash
. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common
exec nautilus -n &
exec /usr/bin/icewm

4. make it executable (chmod +x /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession)

I think that was it...  It disables EVERYTHING else, even though  
other options are listed (like Gnome, etc).  Regardless of what you  
choose, you get icewm.

Like I said, it's a major hackjob, but it's truthfully what I did to  
get icewm as default.  Oh, you need to reboot to get everything  
going.  (OK, that's not entirely true, this IS Linux -- but rebooting  
is a very simple way to get it all working...)

-Shawn

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