From: martin AT exchange DOT Scotland DOT NCR DOT COM (Smith, Martin) Subject: RE: Window Managers under Windows 9 Sep 1998 23:58:32 -0700 Message-ID: <286215C2CA1AD211A13500A024535B58129E26.cygnus.gnu-win32@eukscpo3.Dundee.NCR.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: "'Ilsundal'" , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I had the same problem - in my case it was due to the fact that I had not changed my X-Server configuration settings to "single window mode". You may want to try that - for my X-Server, changing this gives me a single X window which contains my new desktop (and the other window manager) Regards, Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: Ilsundal [SMTP:listmail AT alfheim DOT net] > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 5:45 AM > To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Window Managers under Windows > > Hello, > > Many people have ported XFree over to cygwin32, which include xterm, rxvt, > xclock, etc., which all perform flawlessly with a Windows X Server, but I > cannot seem to get another window manager running. I get a generic" > Cannot load, another WM is running;" I'm assuming this other WM that is > running is infact Windows itself, but I've noticed many people porting > popular window managers over to windows using cygwin32, one of them being > Afterstep. I'm assuming that considering people have taken time to port > these window managers over to windows, that they do infact function -- any > ideas on how to go about using one without getting that error message? If > it helps any, I'm running cygwin32 b19, and Windows 98. > > Thanks, > > Ilsundal > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".