rox

[mattmatteh]

how do i start rox?

i would like to do

startx rox

as i do

startx xfce4
startx wm
startx gnome


matt

[Plastic]

ROX-Desktop is does not include a window manager. You need to get a WM that's listed on the ROX site and get ROX-Session, if you don't already have it. The first time you run rox session with

[Drooling Iguana]

[Plastic]

Damn it, they changed their site! Well, there are a lot of WMs you can use. I recommend Openbox3

[mattmatteh]

i am using it on my ibook and rox-session is masked. and how do i set it up to use openbox?

i looked at the web site and tried to add rox -p Default -b Default to .xinitrc but it startx X and then imidiatly exits.

matt

[Drooling Iguana]

Will Metacity work as a ROX window manager?

[newbie_100]

you can emerge pekwm and add rox --pinboard to its startup....

[mattmatteh]

i have been searching the web and am a little confused.

what window managers are supported with rox?
what are the differnces?

how do i select the window manager to use?
is there a config file? or rox arguments?

i tried to put it in .xinitrc but that only starts and it quits.

can the file browser be used under gnome, xfce4, or other windows managers and desktops ?

matt

[Plastic]

You can either start ROX after starting your WM of choice with newbie_100's advice, or start ROX with ROX-Session. Merge it, run it (let it set up your ~/.xinitrc and copy it to wherever the session file should reside). The first time you start it, it will ask about your WM.

[Plastic]

There are tons of WMs and many debates about the best one. I suppose the simplest to use with ROX is Pekwm, but and WM that conforms to the standards (EWMH? ICCM? whichever...) can be used with ROX.