Quote Originally Posted by histo
Alright I give I've searched everywhere and tried everything i've found on google. I want to change the default windows manager to icewm on my hd install. What file do I edit? I would like to change it for all users so any info would be greatly appreciated.

On another note its a dual boot laptop with knoppix and win2k. I changed the /etc/lilo.conf but nothing seems to change on lilo's boot screen as far as to the delay or the default system that loads. When I installed I installed lilo to the MBR because win2k was installed first (if that helps).

And the last question, how do I get rid of other kernels like 2.4 that comes up on lilo etc... Not just removing them from lilo but also removing them from the hd as I don't really want them to suck up space. I don't know maybe it can't be done and again i'm a total linux newb but i'm starting to learn a lot so be gentle.
Easiest way to change default wm is to may use of the knoppix cheatcode just like when running from the CD. For a HD install any cheacode commands are appended by lilo & the settings are in /etc/lilo.conf append line.here is mine:

Code:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
default="Linux(new)"
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
#message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
lba32

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26
 label="Knoppix24"
 root=/dev/hda5
 initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.26
 append="lang=us apm=power-off ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init nomce quiet nofstab wheelmouse alsa"
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So, just edit /etc/lilo.conf to add 'desktop=icewm' to the append = line. You must re-run lilo to implement your changes, perhaps that is why your earlier changes did not show up.

To get rid of the actual 2.4 kernel or to make any other changes to the applications on the disk you must make a remastered CD. There are several docs & lots of info in the forum on remastering.