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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox not starting after login with SLIM
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:49:48
Message-Id: 358eca8f1001110148t2cc4a71axb2d40a6a446f0804@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox not starting after login with SLIM by Ngoc Nguyen Bao
1 2010/1/10 Ngoc Nguyen Bao <baongoc124@×××××.com>:
2 >
3 >
4 > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Marco <listworks@×××××.com> wrote:
5 >>
6 >> Hi,
7 >>
8 >> I updated my system and beside others, Xorg got updated. Now, when I
9 >> log in with SLIM, fluxbox does not start anymore. I just get into an
10 >> ugly x-session.
11 >>
12 >> In my ~/.xinitrc I have  exec startfluxbox which always got me into
13 >> fluxbox after log in with SLIM. This is according to
14 >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/fluxbox-config.xml
15 >>
16 >> Killing X and then startx as user (non-root) I get into fluxbox...
17 >>
18 >> Thanks in advance for your tips!
19 >>
20 >> --
21 >> Regards,
22 >>  Marco
23 >>
24 >
25 > Hi, remove the line "exec startfluxbox" in your .xinitrc and append
26 > startfluxbox to sessions in /etc/slim.conf like this:
27 > # Available sessions (first one is the default).
28 > # The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
29 > # above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
30 > # see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
31 > sessions           startfluxbox,compiz-session,startlxde,openbox
32 >
33 > And try to login again. Maybe it helps.
34
35 I think that the OP's problem was caused by rc.conf not being sourced
36 by the latest baselayout. Have a look at this thread:
37
38 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/224058
39
40 --
41 Regards,
42 Mick

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