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hudsonhauck
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 Posted: Sat May 18, 2002 10:12 pm Post subject: fluxbox questions |
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I have some questions about fluxbox. I installed KDE, but I decided to switch over to Fluxbox.
1) What do you type to start Fluxbox? When I type fluxbox, it tells me that it can't get hold of the x window or something.
2) How do the tabbed windows work?
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hudsonhauck
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Where is the .xinitrc file?
So, in place of "startkde", I would type "fluxbox"?
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| Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| Are you not able to access fluxbox through the kdm login window? |
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| Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 4:51 am Post subject: Location of .xinitrc |
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| Quote: | | Where is the .xinitrc file? |
It's in your home directory, and is therefore a per-user setting - the file itself doesn't necessarily exist until you've created it for the first time. As it is a "dotfile" you won't see it in your console unless you use ls -a. The example in the link I gave just moves you to your home dir before outputting text to the file, you can just as well use a text editor if you prefer, e.g. nano ~/.xinitrc. In your case just literally paste fluxbox (name of the window manager binary) on a single line in the file, save and startx will bring everything up fine. |
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| Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 5:28 am Post subject: |
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Assuming all you had in your ~/.xinitrc was exec startkde you can do this to change it:
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echo "exec fluxbox" > ~/.xinitrc
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All goes well with the startx you will be looking at fluxbox as your wm, I said if thats all that you have in ~/.xinitrc because the above command will overwrite your original.
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Cool, cool. Now how about the tabbed windows?
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Nevermind...When I put in "exec fluxbox" I don't get a login or anything. It just starts right up. I have some more questions:
1) is it possible to add other programs in the .xinitrc as well (such as slit programs)
2) why do all my settings disappear everytime I restart my computer: theme, menu settings, everything.
3) I used to have like 4 different desktops I could switch between, and now all of a sudden, I have 1! What happened? |
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The tabbed windows allow you to group windows together so they take up less space on the desktop. Try opeing a couple of xterms and with the middle mouse button drag the tab of one onto the other. You can drag then switch between them using the tabs
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| Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Anonymous wrote: |
1) is it possible to add other programs in the .xinitrc as well (such as slit programs)
2) why do all my settings disappear everytime I restart my computer: theme, menu settings, everything.
3) I used to have like 4 different desktops I could switch between, and now all of a sudden, I have 1! What happened? |
Answers:
1) Yes it is. Just add the programs to your .xinitrc like this:
| Code: | program1 &
program2 &
exec fluxbox |
This is a small example of an .xinitrc file for fluxbox:
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#!/bin/sh
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f $userresources ]; then
xrdb -merge $userresources
fi
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
xmodmap $usermodmap
fi
bbkeys -w &
aterm &
galeon &
exec fluxbox
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Most of your programs that run in the slit use the -w option (note the bbkeys call above).
This file opens Fluxbox with bbkeys in the slit, an aterm window and galeon my browser of choice.
2) First make sure you have a .fluxbox folder in your home directory. Then whenever you change your settings bring up your Fluxbox menu and select "Reconfigure".
3) Look at your ~/.fluxbox/init file. You should see a line:
| Code: | | session.screen0.workspaces: 4 |
In this case there are 4 workspaces. You may have a different number. Change it to 4 and see if that helps.
For more info check out the Fluxbox web site; especially the documentation section (read the FAQ). |
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