--- christian@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Ryan, Hi :-) > try 'gnome-wm'. When I run it here where it is already running, I get > a complaint, of course: > > .Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":0.0" already has a > window manager; try using the --replace option to replace the > current window manager. > > Which is exactly what I'd expect. > > I might misunderstand what you're trying to do, though. Your mail > implies your X11 server (in X terminology, that's the machine right in > front of you) is running Windows 2000. More like Windows 2000 is running an X11 emulator. > In principle you can run an > X11 window manager on a remote client with X-forwarding to your local > server, although this is usually not recommended because it may > perform slowly. But I would assume that Windows 2000 considers itself > the window manager, and not allow others to window manage, so you > might get an error there, and Windows might not even appreciate being > '--replace'd :-) Oh I'm sure it would get quite angry! ;-) > I don't understand why you would want a remote host to "start up X" -- > who would see the X display? Well because I am forced to use Windows 2000 here at work and I would like to utilize some of the gui tools on my linux box... Which I am using to develope a website using php and mysql as a backend. > No idea about kde, though. > Christian __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
