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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: dxwm window manager
Keywords: motif, windows, DS3100, X
Message-ID: <2165@bacchus.dec.com>
Date: 27 Nov 89 23:05:11 GMT
References: <454@tci.bell-atl.com>
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In article <454@tci.bell-atl.com>, rose@tci.bell-atl.com (Bob Rose) writes:
> I'm running a DECstation 3100. 
> I want the motif window manager
> (mwm) to be the startup window manager.  How
> do I do that? 

The window manager is started by your session manager after you login.
Try putting something like this in your .Xdefaults:
sm.windowManagerName: /usr/local/bin/mwm

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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