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running only the kwin WM
I've heard that you can run kwin without the DE. Is it possible to somehow stop the DE and just keep kwin running? Or do I have to log in with only kwin, and in that case, how do I do that?
I realise that this is rather a removal question than an addon question
This is quite possible. You would need qt and kdelibs without a doubt. Then you would need to compile, from source, kdebase with flags indicating what packages you DO NOT want compiled. You'd first need to check out what packages are included in kdebase and decide from there. Your best best is too take a look inside kde 3.3 CVS. This is pretty much a hit and miss compile but it can be done.
As far as what the flags are, i'm not sure. I run Gentoo in which my flags are placed into my global config file make.conf.
My KDE installation isn't bloated as the default is. I have installed only what I want by using the above method. There are several users on the gentoo forums that use just kwin as the WM.
-- rm -fr /etc/whitehouse
-- Gentoo | udev | Xorg 6.8.2 | 2.6.14-r4 | KDE 3.5.0
You can just start kwin just like you would start any other window manager.
For example if you start the XServer by startx you can use
startx -e xterm
to start the XServer and an XTerm window and then start kwin from inside the Xterm with
kwin &
Cheers,
_
Qt/KDE Developer
Debian User
ok... thanks for the tips!
Tuesday, November 26th 2024, 2:12pm
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