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On 2010/10/26 07:29PM, Dale wrote: |
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> Is starting fluxbox without kdm as easy as typing "startfluxbox" in a |
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> console as a user? Surely it can't be that easy. |
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No, since X has to be started first. X creates windows, but just puts |
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them all on top of each other, with no way to move them, and no way to |
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switch between them except by clicking. Fluxbox just runs ontop of X, |
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and manages it's windows, adding decorations and a sane way to control |
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them. For example, try doing: |
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xinit "xterm -e /bin/bash" -- /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp |
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and run fluxbox from the xterm. It's just a layer ontop of an already |
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running X. |
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You should be able to start fluxbox from a console with just: |
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startx /usr/bin/startfluxbox |
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which overrides the default /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc script. That should |
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basically create an xauthority file and run xinit, which in turn starts |
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X, then fluxbox, and waits for fluxbox to exit so it can shutdown X |
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nicely. |
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Regards, |
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Vincent. |
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> Thanks. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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