newbie: how to start fvwm2

[jared19]

Hi,

How can I start fvwm2? I tried these cmd:

# fvwm2
# Xorg -config xorg.conf.new & sleep 2; fvwm2

Both gives me an error, "could not open display".

How should I start a window manager "properly"?

TIA

[DutchDaemon]

As far as I know, the startup command should be in your .xinitrc (according to http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/Xwindows.phtml#s1-4-2)

[graudeejs]

$ echo 'exec fvwm' >> ~/.xinitrc

and to start
$ startx

[jared19]

Thanks, that works. Now, which one do I use, /usr/local/bin/fvwm or /usr/local/bin/fvwm2, as both files exists in my system.

TIA

[graudeejs]

just write what i wrote.
you can check, i bet fvwm is link to fvwm2