No I finally figured out how to do it. I had to create a .xsession file in each users home and within that file put the following.

exec icewm


Then it worked aparently it was using xdm to manage xwindows so it had to be done this way after a hd install. Now on to trying to fix lilo or reinstalling completely.


Gawd i'm learning so much hopefully its the right way thank you all for your help.