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You won't really be installing Fluxbox ON TOP of Gnome. They will both be available for usage, you won't overwrite Gnome or anything like that. Also, to my knowledge you won't have to edit your inittab file either. Since you installed Gnome first it should (or should after some configuration) give you a choice of what window manager you want to use. I hope that helps.
You can also use the fluxbox-generate_menu and that will generate a menu of apps for you as well. I personally have never used it though. I prefer to edit the menu file by hand. The syntax is VERY easy and you get a product that you want. The file is located under /home/YOURUSER/.fluxbox/menu. Here is my config just to give an example.
My menu should give you a good idea on how to config stuff. Let us know how it goes. Good luck. The hardest part is probably figuring out where each app is, but I'm confident you can accomplish that.
Also don't forget the documentation on menus: Fluxbox Menus
To my knowledge font size is dependent on the theme. So you should find out where your theme is located and when you open the file you should be able to find the font that is used and adjust it's font size. Antialiasing is set via the ~/.fluxbox/init file. The following line should be (change the true/false to whatever you want) there if not add it
Distribution: Debian E, Vectorlinux 5.1std, Arch, Gentoo 2006.0
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To my knowledge font size is dependent on the theme. So you should find out where your theme is located and when you open the file you should be able to find the font that is used and adjust it's font size. Antialiasing is set via the ~/.fluxbox/init file. The following line should be (change the true/false to whatever you want) there if not add it
Code:
session.screen0.antialias: true
Thanks I will check out the init file
I also seem to have some problems with some of the buttons in my fluxbox menu.
When I run 'filemanager' or 'my computer' it changes into my old Gnome environment, and I will have to use ctrl+alt+backspace to quit X, and then login again.
Do I need to install a special filebrowser for fluxbox?
I suspect that you are using nautilus as your file manager. In order to get it to run properly with fluxbox change the menu entry for nautlis to
Code:
[exec] (Filemanager) {nautilus --no-desktop}
I would recommend remoing the "my computer" choice from your menu and possibly instead use nautilus and give it the location of where "my computer" is. I think that will work better then your current setup. I hope this helps!
Distribution: Debian E, Vectorlinux 5.1std, Arch, Gentoo 2006.0
Posts: 576
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Originally Posted by Centinul
I suspect that you are using nautilus as your file manager. In order to get it to run properly with fluxbox change the menu entry for nautlis to
Code:
[exec] (Filemanager) {nautilus --no-desktop}
I would recommend remoing the "my computer" choice from your menu and possibly instead use nautilus and give it the location of where "my computer" is. I think that will work better then your current setup. I hope this helps!
Hi,
I will remove the current shortcut in my menu.
Another question is: How do I make a shortcut/desktop icon for launching nautilus?
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