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Athlon_Jedi
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Joined: 25 Jun 2003
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Location: Tifton, GA
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 Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 2:45 pm Post subject: starting fluxbox |
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ok heres an even dumber question than my last one lol
i have emerged fluxbox sucessfuly but i have no idea how to start it from the command line!!!
and all i have now is tvm (super ugly and no idea how to do anything in it)
x is emerged and working, nvidia drivers are installed via the invidia install script and configured in xfree86.conf, glx gears gives me a bench mark of about 479 fps for a geforce 2 mx 400 which is in the expected range for that card so all my stuff is set up.
i just dont have any idea how to start fluxbox with x. lol
any help is apreciated |
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jawz
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Like KDE and Gnome.
Modify your /etc/rc.conf to get :
XSESSION=fluxbox |
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swimmer
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Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Athlon,
I just use a simple entry in my .xinitrc:
exec fluxbox
Note: It has to be on the very last line of your .xinitrc
Note2: Additionally I disabled the entries "DISPLAYMANAGER" and "XSESSION" in /etc/rc.conf
Then you only have to fire up X with "startx" ('man startx' for more info)
Suxs
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teilo
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Location: Minneapolis, MN
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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There are a couple of different ways to go about this. If you wish to continue to use your default window manager, and still be able to start fluxbox whenever you wish, then you can create a separate xinitrc file for fluxbox. To do this:
| Code: | cd ~
mkdir .fluxbox
touch .fluxbox/xinitrc |
Then edit ~/.fluxbox/xinitrc and put the following lines in it:
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
exec fluxbox |
Then, to start fluxbox:
| Code: | | xinit ~/.fluxbox/xinitrc |
Of course, this is a rather simplistic example, and you will probably want to put the xinit command above into a script to make it simpler. You will probably want to modify that xinitrc file to start various client applications, such as xscreensaver or gkrellm2. Just remember to leave the last line of the file as exec fluxbox.
If, however, you wish to change your default system window manager to fluxbox, edit /etc/rc.conf, and look for the line beginning XSESSION=. and change it as follows:
Simple, huh?
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syph3r2001
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Your you could try:
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S_aIN_t
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Location: Ottawa
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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usually, i start everything from the file called .xinitrc.. i know someone before me has mentioned this. however, i put the file in my home directory. end them add the line which starts my window manager of choice.
this is what i have in my ~/.xinitrc
that starts pekwm everytime i type startx on the command line.
enjoy
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