problem whit fluxbox


Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: problem whit fluxbox
started by: taz

Posted by taz on Jan. 27 2004,05:02
hy! everyone
here's my litte problem i've install dsl on hd and all,
i've tried enlightment but i didn't like it (too much gadget for
me) so i've remove it and since fluxbox wont start it keep
search for enlightment .Could someone help me please .

(i've tried startx -fluxbox with no result). thank in advance .
excuse for my english.

Posted by Rapidweather on Jan. 28 2004,00:22
On a normal Linux system, you can have a .xinitrc file in your home directory that tells Linux what window manager to start.
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# The /home/user/.xinitrc file
# This file starts fvwm
fvwm2
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You might have to include the path to the window manager. If no .xinitrc file
is found in the /home/user directory, for example, you get the default, which might
be KDE, or Gnome. One trick I use to boot up a bunch of different Window Managers is to create a user account for each one, and put a .xinitrc file in that users directory. For example, I might have the user "fvwmuser" That user likes
FVWM. If I have my linux system boot to a text mode rather than "X", then I can login as fvwmuser, give the password, then "startx", and there I am, with
FVWM in that user account. Another one I use on a system with KDE and Gnome, is gnomeuser. You get the idea.
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I have not tried doing this on DSL, but I am sure it could be done, if other
user accounts are made, then I would have to include that home directory in my
filetool.lst on my USB drive, or floppy, so it would get restored.

Posted by taz on Jan. 28 2004,19:35
thank that help's a lot
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