> For all you Debian bitches in the lug: > > How do you change the window manager in Debian? > > I am currently running wmaker, but it has a big mutant block for a mouse > pointer. Your problem is not related to the window manager. Why don't you manually start X on a virtual console w/o any window manager at all. Kill gdm, xdm, or kdm if they're running. Then run X manually: bash# X If the mutant block is still there, then you have a configuration or driver problem with X. Try using the auto-guess config file generated by X with bash# X -configure When you get the prompt back, edit the resulting file to make sure your mouse will work for your machine. Then run X with that config file: bash# X -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new If the big black box is still there, try enabling some of the options that X provided you in the Device section. They should be commented out by default. Read the info regarding your card in /usr/share/doc/xserver-*. Tweak the XF86Config file until you get something that works, then move it to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. To answer your original question: bash# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager Or, stick it in your .xsession: # example ~/.xsession # /usr/bin/rxvt& /usr/bin/blackbox # # End of example -- Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr Get my public key, ICQ#, etc. Send email w/the Subject: "get help"