[oclug] switching WMs without logging out

[Joe Burpee]

On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 at 17:44:02 -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
>     So, under Debian I start my WM from my $HOME/.xsession file. I found that
> if I kill the WM I get logged out, probably due to xdm doing an exec on my
> .xsession file. 
>     How do I set things up so I can kill the WM and log have to logout?

Easy way: don't use ?dm.  E.g. just use straight xinit.

Klugey way: choose Failsafe as your session type.  Start sawfish or
whatever from the lonely little xterm.  I believe sawfish catches ^C, so
to exit use something like `killall -TERM sawfish'.  Then start another
wm.  To logout, close the initial xterm.

I think `man xsm' might be worth a look.

Joe