How Do I Install A New Window Manager Under RedHat 8.0???

[Superwormy]

I want to use Waimia instead of Gnome... can someone give me a quick overview of how to do this?

 

[KnS]

I have never heard of Waimia. I tried finding info about it but I couldn't. I did find a little info on on waimea but it was for debain. I'm not sure how you would install it for Redhat. I like XFCE takes little resources and runs great.

 

[n0cmonkey]

You can provide a link for the rest of us (I dont feel like looking for a BBWF post), or read the documentation on your own.

(hint: probably has something to do with ~/.xinitrc)

 

[uncleX]

> want to use Waimia instead of Gnome... can someone give me a quick overview of how to do this?

Welcome to Unix, where all these things are simple to do provided you already know how to do them.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: uncleX
> want to use Waimia instead of Gnome... can someone give me a quick overview of how to do this?

Welcome to Unix, where all these things are simple to do provided you already know how to do them.

Or if you read the instructions

 

[uncleX]

>Or if you read the instructions
I have never read a set of Unix instructions -or Windows instructions for that matter- that didn't have errors and missing parts that you "just have to know". Unix people for instance know the names of all the directories and what is supposed to be in them, and the names of the configuration files and what entries are in them. All that stuff is obvious to them, and there is no need to mention it in the instructions.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: uncleX
>Or if you read the instructions
I have never read a set of Unix instructions -or Windows instructions for that matter- that didn't have errors and missing parts that you "just have to know".

You read some very poor documentation then

I have managed to find some good documentation. Not a lot, but some.

Unix people for instance know the names of all the directories and what is supposed to be in them,

man hier

and the names of the configuration files and what entries are in them.

Look a the "see also" or whatever section of the man pages.

All that stuff is obvious to them, and there is no need to mention it in the instructions.

While the documentation out there is not great, the documentation I have read has been pretty good. Anyone interrested in Unix or Unix-like systems should start by reading the basic stuff on the system, which would include information about the hierarchy and whatnot. I cannot think of a sane way to go out about learning the system without starting from the ground up. Just my opinion of course

 

[Sunner]

The Waimea site is at waimea.org.
You can download the sources there, don't know if there are RPM's available, maybe try searching Rpmfind.net?

And as n0c hinted, once you've installed it, you'll have to edit your ~/.xinitrc, it should have something like "exec gnome-session" in it if you're using Gnome, just remove or comment that and put "exec waimea" instead.
Or, you may not have an .xinitrc at all, if Redhat uses a system wide file, in that case you can just create ~/.xinitrc and put "exec waimea" there.

Easy as pie, eh?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

woohoo waimea rocks

there are mandrake rpms, and (outdated) debian packages, other than that, AFAIK there are no redhat rpms or anything. just compile from source, follow the directions at waimea.org (they pretty much hold your hand, its hard to mess it up..), and read the paper i wrote about it . also if you irc feel free to stop by #waimea on freenode/opn, its alot easier to help someone in real time than on a forum such as this.

edit: oh yeah, one thing to mention, there is quite a bit of "manual labor" involved with waimea at first, to get it working how you want, so be prepared to work a little (but its worth it IMO)