Re: [gentoo-user] SLiM fails to load Fluxbox

[Marc Joliet]

Am Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:28:26 +0200
schrieb Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@×××××.com>:

> Dear all,
> I'm using x11-misc/slim as a login manager, and I have troubles with
> loading any DE other than Xfce. I've followed the wiki entry [1], but
> I must still be doing something wrong: it fails to load Fluxbox
> whether I select Fluxbox or Xfce with F1.
> It's actually quite funny: selecting Fluxbox I get Xfce loaded on top
> of Fluxbox; in this case, when I log out of Xfce I fall back onto
> Fluxbox. I suspect that an "xfce" entry is left in some init script,
> but i cannot figure out where it would be.
> Thanks,
> Liviu
>
> [1] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/SLiM
>
>
> [I] x11-misc/slim
>      Installed versions:  1.3.1-r5(16:01:49 08/04/09)(branding pam screenshot)
> [I] x11-wm/fluxbox
>      Installed versions:  1.0.0-r2(15:08:30 12/10/08)(gnome imlib nls
> slit toolbar truetype -kde -vim-syntax -xinerama)
>
> liviu@localhost ~ $ rc-status default | grep -i xdm
>  xdm                                                                [ started  ]
> liviu@localhost ~ $ cat /etc/conf.d/xdm | grep -i slim
> DISPLAYMANAGER="slim"
> liviu@localhost ~ $ cat .xinitrc
> #SLiM session call
> DEFAULT_SESSION=dbus-launch startxfce4
		  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This sets DEFAULT_SESSION to dbus-launch and then executes startxfce4. That
would explain why you have fluxbox and xfce both started simultaneously. You
need to put the whole thing in quotes, like so:

  DEFAULT_SESSION="dbus-launch startxfce4"

>
> case $1 in
> fluxbox)
> 	exec startfluxbox
> 	;;
> *)
> 	exec $DEFAULT_SESSION
> 	;;
> esac
>
> # load local modmap
> test -r $HOME/.Xmodmap && xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
>
> liviu@localhost ~ $ cat /etc/slim.conf | grep -i login_cmd
> login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
> liviu@localhost ~ $ cat /etc/slim.conf | grep -i sessions
> sessions            xfce,fluxbox
> liviu@localhost ~ $ cat /etc/slim.conf | grep -i sessionst
> #sessionstart_cmd	/usr/bin/sessreg -a -l :0.0 %user
> #sessionstop_cmd     /usr/bin/sessreg -d -l :0.0 %user

HTH
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Marc Joliet
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