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From: dmc%satori@Sun.COM (Doug Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: DEC window manager stinks
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Date: 7 Oct 89 22:17:42 GMT
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In article <16229@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> alk@donald.cs.umn.edu 
	(Anthony L. Kimball) writes:
>I despise dxwm utterly.  The straight-jacket minds at DEC seem to have
>precluded me from using another window manager by default.  Does anyone
>know any way in which I can startup with, say, twm (my favorite), instead of
>dxwm on my DECstation 3100 (Ultrix, natch`).
>
>Quick, someone at DEC, tell me how (I read the no-bloody-help documentation)
>before I start broadcasting the rest of my gripes about the Pmax.
>
>--alk @ neuro.med.umn.edu

I think we can do without this sort of flames to the net? If you have
a question to ask about how to run another WM, just ask the question. I
think the people at DEC would be more inclined to offer help if your
attitude were less obnoxious.

Anyhow, to answer your question, here's at least one way to do it. 
I commented out the following line in /etc/ttys:

#:0 "/usr/bin/login -P /usr/bin/Xprompter -C /usr/bin/dxsession" none on secure window="/usr/bin/Xcfb"

and added the line:

ttyv0 "/usr/bin/xterm -L -sb -geometry =80x24+195+275 -d unix:0" xterm on secure window="/usr/bin/Xcfb"

You'll need to create /dev/ttyv0 if you haven't done so. You'll 
also have to restart "init" (kill -1 1) for this to take effect. I'm sure 
there are better ways of doing this, but this method seems to work fine 
for me.

	-Doug

Doug Cook				dmc@sun.com
Software Engineer, XView Group		cook@gandalf.ucdavis.edu
Sun Microsystems, Inc.