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jason32725
07-13-2002, 04:59 PM
This is really starting to bug me. Some of you may remember that I killed X while trying to set BlackBox as the default Window Manager. Well, I fixed that (somehow!) and now when I type:
$startx blackbox
It comes up in IceWM! Well I wans't really worried about IceWM so I just removed it, now it comes up in WindowMaker! I'm telling it to start BLACKBOX! ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!
fancypiper
07-13-2002, 05:10 PM
Did you try making a file .xinitrc in your home directory with the line exec blackbox in it and all the others (if any) commented out with the #.
startx will now start it.
If you use a gui login, though, it ignores that file and looks at another.
sarah31
07-13-2002, 05:15 PM
the other file, if you are using a gui login, is .xsession. Like .xinitrc you should commnet out all the other desktop choices and put exec blackbox in at the end. be sure to only comment out the desktop environments and other wm not the other variables!
jason32725
07-13-2002, 06:00 PM
I don't use the GUI login (don't like others to be able to learn usernames and all), so that means that changing the .xinitrc file should take care of the problem, right?
sarah31
07-13-2002, 06:01 PM
i would assume so.
jason32725
07-13-2002, 10:34 PM
Okay, I'm away from home (and my linux box) right now, so I'll do that as soon as I get home and report whether or not that takes care of the problem.
Thanks