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    Question Getting XfWM4 to autostart in KDE SC 4.4

    I'm using KDE SC 4.4 from kubuntu-backports on 64-bit Kubuntu 9.10. I have an AMD Athlon x64, 1.25Gb of RAM, and an nVidia MX 4000.
    <backstory>I upgraded to 4.4 yesterday, and I've found it unusably slow when Plasma is performing sliding-actions: the sliding part moves, and nothing else happens. I decided to try XFCE4, but didn't really like it, for a host of reasons. I uninstalled XFCE, but XFWM stayed (my apt-fu is lacking). I saw it, and figured, "Why not?" I ran xfwm --replace, played around with the theming, and liked it. XFWM ran incredibly faster than KWin did.</backstory>
    Unfortunately, XFWM does not return automatically when I log back in.
    How do I get it to run automatically when I log in to KDE? It doesn't seem to be in the alternate-window-manager choices section of System Settings, as seen in the attached image.

    Thank you for your help.
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    Re: Getting XfWM4 to autostart in KDE SC 4.4

    Actually, it does start when I log in, but it seems to be going off of the previous session, and I'd like something a little more concrete than the last-session method.
    Also, it flickers as it switches from the kdm used in the login screen to xfwm on the desktop. Is there a way to fix/prevent that?
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    Re: Getting XfWM4 to autostart in KDE SC 4.4

    blk@blackbox:~$ fortune
    Shoot me again.
    Just proving that the quickest way to solve the problem is to post a whine to the newsgroups: within moments the solution presents itself to me, and meanwhile my *** is hanging out on the Net...
    *sigh*...
    -- Dave Phillips,

    Problem solved.
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    Re: Getting XfWM4 to autostart in KDE SC 4.4

    So did you use an autostart entry, or some other method?

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    Re: Getting XfWM4 to autostart in KDE SC 4.4

    Glad to see you solved it.


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