Re (2): xmonad and LXDE.

From: Bob Proulx <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:49:38 -0600
... before switching to xmonad you should kill exit openbox first.

Killing the openbox process is easy but how can another WM be
started? There is no terminal on the target system and xmonad lacks
a display parameter which might allow starting via the network.

$ update-alternatives ...

This is my effort to switch the WM with update-alternatives.

root@dalton:/home/peter# update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
There are 2 choices for the alternative x-window-manager (providing /usr/bin/x-w
indow-manager).

Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0 /usr/bin/openbox 90 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/openbox 90 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/xmonad 20 manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/xmonad to provide /usr/bin/x-window-manager
(x-window-manager) in manual mode.
root@dalton:/home/peter# update-alternatives --display x-window-manager
x-window-manager - manual mode
link currently points to /usr/bin/xmonad
/usr/bin/openbox - priority 90
slave x-window-manager.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/openbox.1.gz
/usr/bin/xmonad - priority 20
Current 'best' version is '/usr/bin/openbox'.

No error message but openbox remains 'best'?

Thanks, ... Peter E.

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