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Re: i can't start wmaker on cygwin
- From: René Berber <r dot berber at computer dot org>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 13:18:14 -0500
- Subject: Re: i can't start wmaker on cygwin
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Cédric Bouttes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I use startx to have an X session.
> Then when i try to start wmaker i have
> the following errors :
> wmaker fatal error: it seems that there is already a
> window manager running
>
> waiting for X server to shut down winClipboardProc -
> Call to select () failed: -1. Bailing.
> winClipboardProc - XDestroyWindow succeeded
Start by reading the user's guide, this section specially:
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-window-managers.html
You are using startx, which uses multiwindow mode, if you want to use another
window manager you should change the start script.
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René Berber
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