[wellylug] Window Managers from startx

[Ian Sterling]

> OK, that sounds good. But will it still try to start KDE in the background?
> Or does it halt the script when it detects ~/.xinitrc? I'd like to set
> Enlightenment as the default for all users - not for any particular reason,
> I'm just trying to figure out how all this works. Maybe in 10 years I'll be
> trying to figure out the kernel or the internal workings of X - but not just
> yet.

Debian, by default, tries to run KDE or GNOME if you've installed the
desktop environment.  It also starts xdm (or kdm/gdm) in the default
runlevel. Two things you'll need to do to change this:

sudo update-rc.d remove -f xdm (or kdm/gdm, whichever you have running)
(This disables the login manager)

echo 'exec enlightenment' > .xinitrc
(this puts the text "exec enlightenment" into your .xinitrc - either
creating a new .xinitrc if you don't have one, or overwriting the
existing one.

Once you put a .xinitrc in your home directory, it take preference
over the system-wide defaults.  You may need to 'apt-get install
enlightenment' if you haven't already.

Hope this helps.

--Ian...