flux box... where are you

[redhatmandrake]

Just installed flux box after someone told me to try it and now i can't start it. The installation went find but how do i start it and how do i add it to my login manager "gdm".

[Tiomera]

I think gdm is only for gnome and you need xdm to manage fluxbox or any other GUI (KDE uses kdm). Do #slocate fluxbox to find it, but it should have been added to your PATH

[ferreter]

add fluxbox to your .xinitrc to it will start when you do a startx.

[threadhead]

Originally posted by ferreter
add fluxbox to your .xinitrc to it will start when you do a startx.

you have to add the following line to this file:

exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox


hope this helps

[Tiomera]

that was not his question. He wants to login directly to X without going manually through CLI and writting startX. What manages this processes is gdm for gnome, kdm for kde and xdm for other GUI`s!!! so he needs to set up xdm and disable gdm!!!!

[ferreter]

Originally posted by threadhead
you have to add the following line to this file:

exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox


hope this helps

I don't think that you need the exec or the /usr/local/bin either (as it is in your path by default) but it is more comprehensive done like that.

Also .xinitrc should be in the user's home directory.

[ferreter]

Originally posted by Tiomera
that was not his question. He wants to login directly to X without going manually through CLI and writting startX. What manages this processes is gdm for gnome, kdm for kde and xdm for other GUI`s!!! so he needs to set up xdm and disable gdm!!!!

I think you still have to do the same thing regardless. but I don't use a graphical login so I'm not sure....and stop yelling, there's no reason to get tiffy.

[viperlin]

what distro is this guy using
if it's MDK9.0 and he used an RPM to install it then it will be listed in the GDM login screen
in the GDM login screen go to "session" and select "fluxbox" then login as normal and it should start fluxbox instead of the default WM

[Switch247]

I just installed FluxBox form the source(fluxbox-0.1.14.tar.gz), how can I add it to my graphical login?>Mandrake 9.0< is what I have, can anyone tell me what i need to do?

Jake

[Genesee]

this may be of help:

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65583

[callit]

I use MDK9. By default, Mandrake 9 uses KDM as it's login manager. I eventually found a way (though I don't recall now) to switch to gdm. Both KDM and GDM allow you to start another WM (such as fluxbox). If you are using GDM, you will need to create a file in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/ called FluxBox
the file should read:
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox

(make sure /usr/local/bin/fluxbox is where it's installed on your computer, if not, change the code to be correct)

Next, you should chmod 755 FluxBox (the file you just created in ../Sessions)


I also had an issue with the fluxbox session file reverting to a non-executable file after a reboot, which was solved by making the file immutable I believe. - If you search the forum you should be able to find more about this.

If you are using KDM/XDM, the NHF for installing blackbox should be of some assistance: http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/X_Window/Blackbox_Installation.html

On a more personal note: I think gdm is prettier - if you are using kdm consider switching :D