FVWM Instead of GNOME/Metacity

[MTK]

I wanted to play around with using fvwm on Fedora 11 instead of GNOME and Metacity. But I couldn't find a good place where it says how to do it.

[oz]

FVWM is an extremely powerful window manager, but it takes a long while to build your own config files for it, unless you use the ugly defaults, or you use some that someone else has already put together. I'd recommend checking out the FVWM website if you haven't done so already:

The Official FVWM Home Page

[MTK]

I already have checked the website.

Yesterday, I installed it using:

sudo yum install fvwm

But I am not sure what to do next.

[oz]

FVWM should be automatically listed as an option in your KDM/GDM sessions menu.

If you don't use KDM or GDM, you can add the following to your .xinitrc file:

exec fvwm

The documentation pages on the FVWM website should answer most of your questions, and get you started. There is also a good FAQ there, and they have some sample configs that you can try.

[MTK]

What is KDM and GDM?

[oz]

What is KDM and GDM?

KDE Display Manager / Gnome Display Manager

[MTK]

And how do I find out if I am using them?

I just know that I am having the GNOME Panel and desktop icons, and that I am running Metacity.

[oz]

You are probably using GDM, the Gnome Display Manager, because if you were logging in using an ~.xinitrc file, you'd know that because you'd have to have edited it in order to start Gnome. I personally don't like KDM or GDM, so I always use the .xinitrc file for logging in.

[MTK]

I can't find the .xinitrc file anywhere.

[MTK]

I remember that it said that Fedora 11 does not even have a xorg.conf file in it, and I found out that that was true, because it was not there before and when I installed the nVidia driver, it appeared.