| Integrate Mozilla & Google searches | www.google.com/mozilla/google-search.html |
| Get Red Hat 8.1 beta | ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/phoebe/en |
| Number lines in a text file | $ gawk '{print NR, $0}' infile > outfile |
| Grant access to an X display (when you get an error trying to open a display on another system) | $ xhost +system_name |
| Changing the default windows manager under Red Hat |
On Monday 07 April 2003 11:58 pm, you wrote: > Mark > > I am trying to get full control of X Windows on my Linux Box running Red > Hat 8.0 - I am university student and the X exercises I have to do will > not run with the Gnome Desktop - which I cannot get rid of. > > Please can you advise me of what I have to do to start Linux without it > defaulting to the Gnome Desktop. > > Philip Create a .xinitrc file in your home directory. Put whatever you want in it. Only the commands you put in this file will run. See page 189. Here's an example: /usr/bin/X11/xclock & /usr/bin/X11/xterm & /usr/bin/sawfish & /usr/bin/panel & exec /usr/X11R6/bin/twm |