Re: StumpWM and Gnome

[Andreas Politz]

Sébastien Vauban wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I thought using a line like this:
> >  (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "/usr/local/src/stumpwm")
>
> I'm hijacking this thread about the Info on StumpWM to ask
> something related to it, but where I'm completely newbie.
>
> I read things about StumpWM with a lot of interest for some
> time, now. I would like to give it a try, but I fear I would
> miss windows and icons.
>
> So, my question is: under Ubuntu, is it possible to have both
> StumpWM *and* Gnome, and have a convenient way to switch between
> both -- so I sometimes can learn with the StumpWM, and sometimes
> (when I'm in a hurry) work efficiently with what I better know
> (Gnome)?
>
> Any hints on how to do this?
>
> Best regards,
>   Seb

Maybe the best way for you would be starting a 2nd Xserver.

startx /full/path/to/stumpwm -- :1

You need the apropriate rights to do this.
I don't know much about Ubuntu, so I can't tell wheather this
will work out of the box.

-ap