changing WM in KDE 3.2 (mdk10 OE)

[PMo6022]

I would like to use enlightenment 16 as my window manager in KDE 3.2. I've read that it is possible (see http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=16264 ), which says, "For a WM, GNOME uses Metacity by default and KDE inludes its own KWin. This WM can be changed. "

 

I've played around with enlightenment a little, and would like to try it as the wm in KDE. I really have no idea where to start with this, other than installing enlightenment, which I've done (version 0.16.6-2) Any help is appreciated!

 

Thanks.

[bvc]

you have to change the

KDEWM

variable in the

/usr/bin/startkde

script. If you are not sure....post that portion of the script.

[PMo6022]

Ok, I found the KDEWM part of the startkde script..see below. I'm not sure exactly what I need to change, though.

 

# finally, give the session control to the session manager
# if the KDEWM environment variable has been set, then it will be used as KDE's
# window manager instead of kwin.
# if KDEWM is not set, ksmserver will ensure kwin is started.
# kwrapper is used to reduce startup time and memory usage
# kwrapper does not return usefull error codes such as the exit code of ksmserver.
# We only check for 255 which means that the ksmserver process could not be 
# started, any problems thereafter, e.g. ksmserver failing to initialize, 
# will remain undetected.
test -n "$KDEWM" && KDEWM="--windowmanager $KDEWM"
kwrapper ksmserver $KDEWM 
if test $? -eq 255; then
 # Startup error
 echo 'startkde: Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation.'  1>&2
 xmessage -geometry 500x100 "Could not start ksmserver. Check your installation."
fi

 

Thanks.