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Subject: Re: [9fans] how to make p9p/rio the default window manager? (ubuntu)
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On 08/19/2011 10:22 AM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
> anyone know the proper way of doing this so it doesn't involve a lot
> of killing after every login?
>
> -Skip
>
>
not sure if this would work for you in ubuntu, but it works for me in
debian squeeze using gnome2.

1. go to /usr/share/xsessions/;
2. in there you'll find files like: gnome.desktop, twm.desktop, etc;
3. create a file, e.g. rio.desktop with contents similar to those of the
other *.desktop files already there replacing the path to the desktop
manager with the path to rio (see contents of my rio.desktop for details);
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=XSession
Exec=/usr/local/plan9/bin/rio
TryExec=/usr/local/plan9/bin/rio
Name=rio
Comment[uk]=Tab Window Manager
4. re-login to gnome and select rio as your default desktop manager;

hope the above helps, although if you're using a different
window/desktop manager the method above may not work.

sasha kapshuk