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lotusvale
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 Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:37 pm Post subject: fluxbox black screen |
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i emerged fluxbox , and it didn't work but it seemed like it has put the name "fluxbox" in the login menu( which is nice!), then i downloaded and recompile fluxbox 0.14 and it works fine now (only can be run from command line and not from the menu). if i try to login using the "fluxbox" session, it 'd just give black screen and does nothing (how do i fix this?).
i think i should set some path or something ..
then i just thought i might just overwrite the old setting by creating ~/.xinitrc with exec fluxbox,so that no matter what session i choose from the menu, it'll bring fluxbox. but that didn't work either.
anyone has ideas?
thx
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 8:33 am Post subject: |
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Which loginmanager do you use ?
Examine the configs of your loginmanager.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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i'm not quite sure which one , i think it's the gentoo one...where do i examine it?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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it's probably xdm,kdm or gdm. Look in /etc/rc.conf
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| lotusvale wrote: | | i'm not quite sure which one , i think it's the gentoo one...where do i examine it? |
you go to mac, i go to mac, cool.
did you emerge fluxbox, or download/compile it? |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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if you are starting X with xdm (as it sounds like) you can see which display manager you are using by looking at /etc/rc.conf
it sounds like you have either gdm or kdm, as you said you have a login menu.
/etc/X11/Sessions holds all the scripts that are in the "menu," you could check the fluxbox one to make sure it looks correct.
post that here and also your /var/log/XFree86.0.log |
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lotusvale
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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alright...i have DISPLAY MANAGER=gdm
and here's my /etc/X11/Session/Gnome:
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
# Great new Gnome2 feature, AA
# We enable this by default
export GDK_USE_XFT=1
for errfile in "$HOME/.gnomerc-errors" "${TMPDIR-/tmp}/gnomerc-$USER" "/tmp/gnomerc-$USER"
do
if ( cp /dev/null "$errfile" 2> /dev/null )
then
chmod 600 "$errfile"
exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
break
fi
done
#
# Distributors:
# You should modify the paths here to fit your distro
# If you need to do so, send me (jirka@5z.com) a patch
# and I'll try to make the script detect the distro stuff
#
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
userxkbmap=$HOME/.Xkbmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/Xmodmap
sysxkbmap=/etc/X11/Xkbmap
rh6sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/Xresources
rh6sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/Xmodmap
if [ -x "$HOME/.gnomerc" ]; then
command="$HOME/.gnomerc"
elif [ -x /etc/X11/gdm/gnomerc ]; then
command="/etc/X11/gdm/gnomerc"
else
# as fallback in case the config is screwed
command=`which gnome-session`
fi
sshagent=`which ssh-agent`
if [ -n "$sshagent" ] && [ -x "$sshagent" ] && [ -z "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
command="$sshagent -- $command"
fi
# merge in defaults
if [ -f "$rh6sysresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$rh6sysresources"
fi
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$sysresources"
fi
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi
# merge in keymaps
if [ -f "$sysxkbmap" ]; then
setxkbmap `cat "$sysxkbmap"`
XKB_IN_USE=yes
fi
if [ -f "$userxkbmap" ]; then
setxkbmap `cat "$userxkbmap"`
XKB_IN_USE=yes
fi
#
# Eeek, this seems like too much magic here
#
if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" ] && [ ! -L /etc/X11/X ]; then
if grep '^exec.*/Xsun' /etc/X11/X > /dev/null 2>&1 && [ -f /etc/X11/XF86Config ]; then
xkbsymbols=`sed -n -e 's/^[ ]*XkbSymbols[ ]*"\(.*\)".*$/\1/p' /etc/X11/XF86Config`
if [ -n "$xkbsymbols" ]; then
setxkbmap -symbols "$xkbsymbols"
XKB_IN_USE=yes
fi
fi
fi
# xkb and xmodmap don't play nice together
if [ -z "$XKB_IN_USE" ]; then
if [ -f "$rh6sysmodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$rh6sysmodmap"
fi
if [ -f "$sysmodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$sysmodmap"
fi
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
fi
unset XKB_IN_USE
# run all system xinitrc shell scripts.
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for i in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/* ; do
if [ -x "$i" ]; then
. "$i"
fi
done
fi
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where do i add the fluxbox command?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| tyler wrote: | | lotusvale wrote: | | i'm not quite sure which one , i think it's the gentoo one...where do i examine it? |
you go to mac, i go to mac, cool.
did you emerge fluxbox, or download/compile it? |
i first emerge it, then it didn't work for somewhat reason.
then i compiled from source and it works
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 1:03 am Post subject: |
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well, for starters, Sessions/Gnome is for starting gnome, not starting fluxbox
there should be a fluxbox file in the Sessions directory...
You will want to select that from the xdm (gdm) menu...
X is starting up for you when you start your computer, correct? |
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lotusvale
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 1:20 am Post subject: |
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yes x starts when booted up.
and this is /etc/X11/Session/fluxbox:
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession fluxbox
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is there something wrong here?
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:11 am Post subject: |
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my /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox is simply
/usr/bin/fluxbox
but i start with startx...i have quite the .xinitrc
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stefan@beer stefan $ cat .xinitrc
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" &
xmodmap -display :0.1 -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" &
xmodmap -e "keycode 178=F14" &
xmodmap -e "keycode 236=F15" &
xmodmap -e "keycode 229=F16" &
xmodmap -display :0.1 -e "keycode 178=F14" &
xmodmap -display :0.1 -e "keycode 236=F15" &
xmodmap -display :0.1 -e "keycode 229=F16" &
imwheel -p -k -b "67" &
imwheel -p -k -b "67" -X :0.1 &
#set FSAA and other nvidia options
export __GL_FSAA_MODE="0"
export __GL_DEFAULT_LOG_ANISO="1"
export __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK="0"
xset s off
xset +dpms
xset dpms 1200 1200 1200
/usr/bin/fluxbox & wmpid=$!
#for Eterm
Esetroot /home/stefan/gentoo1280x1024.jpg
Esetroot -display :0.1 /home/stefan/gentoo-ice-light2-1024x768.jpg
xscreensaver -no-splash &
gkrellm2 -w &
fluxter -w &
numlockx
DISPLAY=:0.1 ksensors --nodock &
wait $wmpid
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i prefer not to start X on bootup....partially cause i did that awesome bootsplash thing and i love seeing my console for a little bit at least |
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lotusvale
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:27 am Post subject: |
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ok thanks...it works now...changing to /usr/bin/fluxbox
btw, what bootsplash thing you were talking about? 
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 7:01 am Post subject: |
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wow...that's really nice actually...i might actually work on that soon..
would that mess up the system though (like eventually i need to reinstall the whole thing again? ) if say i screw it up ??
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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no, worst case is it wouldn't boot or it would boot to a blank screen
just keep an entry in your grub or lilo configs that has an option called Gentoo Failsafe or something without any of the initrd or vga= video= lines...so it doesn't load the framebuffer.
[edit]if you do screw it up and can't boot, just boot off of the gentoo cd or a knoppix cd or something, and fix your system[/edit] |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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All I had to do was put in my home directory .xinitrc file.
In my home directory:
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echo "exec fluxbox" > .xinitrc
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If you didn't already have .xinitrc, this will make startx start up fluxbox(assuming everything else is configured correctly). |
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lotusvale
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| zephyr1256 wrote: | All I had to do was put in my home directory .xinitrc file.
In my home directory:
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echo "exec fluxbox" > .xinitrc
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If you didn't already have .xinitrc, this will make startx start up fluxbox(assuming everything else is configured correctly). |
it works now without .xinitrc in home
i just have it /etc/X11/Session/fluxbox with exec /usr/bin/local/fluxbox
but i thought if you have .xinitrc in home, it'll overwrite the original setting right? but it didn't. maybe i should have .xsession in home?
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| easykill wrote: | no, worst case is it wouldn't boot or it would boot to a blank screen
just keep an entry in your grub or lilo configs that has an option called Gentoo Failsafe or something without any of the initrd or vga= video= lines...so it doesn't load the framebuffer.
[edit]if you do screw it up and can't boot, just boot off of the gentoo cd or a knoppix cd or something, and fix your system[/edit] |
can i just have another option in grub that links to the old working image?
oh..but then can you have it with *.working?
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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you can have as many entries in grub as you want, with as many old and differently enabled kernels as you want...modules can get screwy sometimes with this, but it's good for failsafe stuff...when you get a kernel that works, keep it as /boot/bzImage.failsafe and keep a grub entry for it, then you always have a fallback kernel to boot to.
Anyways, .xinitrc is used when you use startx to load your X, .xsession is used for xdm I believe. I used xdm for a week and decided i didn't like it...too often i just use command line root. |
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