Fluxbox on RH9 woes... :-<

[Texatl]

OK, installed Fluxbox on my RH9 linux, which uses gdm. Per the FAQ on Flux's site I made the follwing file:

#!/bin/sh
#
#/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox
#
#global fluxbox sessions file - - used by gdm

exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession /usr/local/bin/fluxbox


but nothing on login, I cannot get "fluxbox" in the menu to start this wm. What did I do wrong. Been searching for hours - I'll try almost anything.

TIA,

[bosox79]

Originally posted by Texatl
OK, installed Fluxbox on my RH9 linux, which uses gdm. Per the FAQ on Flux's site I made the follwing file:

#!/bin/sh
#
#/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox
#
#global fluxbox sessions file - - used by gdm

exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession /usr/local/bin/fluxbox


but nothing on login, I cannot get "fluxbox" in the menu to start this wm. What did I do wrong. Been searching for hours - I'll try almost anything.

TIA,

so you have no entery in GDM? have you tried looking for and instlling an RPM? rather then compiling flubox? check out http://www.rpmfind.net/
or for help with the compile look here http://lists.q-linux.com/pipermail/ph-linux-newbie/2003-December/017316.html
:)

[Texatl]

Yeah nothing in gdm for Fluxbox when I click on sessions. I still only get GNOME, Failsafe, Default, and Last.

I thought the whole .xinitrc thing was for launching from console to start x, I use gdm.

No rpms for redhat 9... sucks!

Thanks

[terribleRobbo]

Make sure the file you created resides in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/

Oh, and

chmod a+x <yourfilenamehere>

it, otherwise GDM won't pick it up.

[Texatl]

File is in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions, I have made double sure of that.

I'll do the chmod a+x <filename> and see if that helps...

Thanks!

[Texatl]

Ok, so did the chmod a+x and I got a fluxbox selection in gdm.

New problem, when I select fluxbox it boots right back my GNOME desktop!?!?!?! holy cow!

What now......

HELP

[do_guh_new]

You can try my howto I wrote a while back, I hope it helps. http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65583

[Texatl]

Ok I'll try that. I perused it and it looks like the only part I'm missing is the perms piece.

Thanks!!!!! Hopefully it'll work.

[Texatl]

Thanks, fluxbox working great....

I appreciate the help.

:D

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by Texatl
Thanks, fluxbox working great....

I appreciate the help.

:D

Would you mind telling us what you did to fix the problem (in case one of our members searches the forums for the same problem) or was the solution in the link do_guh_new posted?

[Texatl]

At first I did the entire script from the FAQ at the fluxbox site:
#!/bin/sh
#
#/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox
#
#global fluxbox sessions file - - used by gdm

exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession /usr/local/bin/fluxbox

and saved it in: /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox

Its good start but didn't do anything.

then I completed the:

chmod a+x /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox

And finally got the fluxbox selection in my gdm session menu. But if I selected fluxbox, it went back to gnome. I suspected the script was sending it back there, but wasn't sure.

So after looking the link do_guh_new suggested, I noticed that the script didn't need all the fluff in the exec line. So as suggested I changed it to:

#!/bin/sh
#
#/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox
#
#global fluxbox sessions file - - used by gdm

exec fluxbox

and saved it as /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox

then:

chmod 755 /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox

and viola - fluxbox is now working beautifully.

Thanks to all who helped!

[do_guh_new]

glad I could be of some help :-)