pcmanfm as desktop manager

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jbakshi
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pcmanfm as desktop manager

Post by jbakshi »

Hello,

I have been using icewm + idesk combination since long and the filemanager is xfce. since a few days I am experimenting with pcmanfm and it is **Really what** I was looking for since long. I have also found that pcmanfm can be used as desktop manager too.

My present .xinitrc is as below

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idesk& # Desktop manager
chbg -scenario chbg.list & # for multiple wallpapers
icewm-session # Window manager
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How can I use pcmanfm as desktop manager ? I think both idesk and chbg should be commented.

Thanks
jbakshi
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Joined: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:43 am

Re: [solved] pcmanfm as desktop manager

Post by jbakshi »

I got it.

In .xinitrc it would be

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pcmanfm &
icewm-session
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thenktor
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Re: pcmanfm as desktop manager

Post by thenktor »

pcmanfm -d

-d, --daemon-mode ;)
burnCDDA (burns M3U playlists in a terminal)
last.fm (my last.fm profile)
Zenwalk (I'm a Zenwalk Linux packager)
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