Fluxbox problems
 

Hey guys i've been using Fluxbox for a few weeks now and i really like it, however there are a few problems i've come across.

1: I can't seem to make it my default session, i have to select 'Fluxbox' from the drop down menu at login i've tried editing /etc/sysconfig/desktop and setting Desktop="Fluxbox" but that doesn't work

2: Desktop icons, i've tried installing fbdesk and it all goes fine but then it kicks up the error configure: error: fbdesk requires the X Window System libraries and headers.
now as i understand it fedora leaves out alot of source and things which is cool but i googled this and couldn;t seem to find out where to get the libraries/headers i needed

help please?

Much appreciated

Ethics

2) I don't know which packages it are exactly but I think you're looking for the -dev or -devel packages. Perhaps only this one maybe more: x-window-system-dev

Ok i've managed to get fbdesk installed through adding some more yum repos but i can;t find out how to get it to start with fluxbox, i found a previous post here with the same problem that mentioned adding it before fluxbox in the xinitrc file but i can't seem to find mine...

If you don't have a .xinitrc file you can simply write it yourself :)

This is mine for example:
First line is what program it should be interpreted by. The last line should be /usr/bin/fluxbox. Between those you have to add the command to start fbdesk and you have to end the line with & (this makes more than 1 thing start) so I guess yours should look like:

#! /bin/sh

fbdesk & #or whatever the program is

/usr/bin/fluxbox

I tried that, placed the .xinitrc in my home directory then logged off but when logging back in nothing happened

What do you mean? You're not supposed to see anything in this case. If you take out the -no-splash a splash should show up. If you mean that your screensaver doesn't start, then your .xscreensaver file might have some things wrong in it. I have this in my .fluxbox/menu file to start the screensaver from the menu:

No i placed

gkrellm &
fbdesk &
Konsole &

before the /usr/bin/fluxbox and when logging in none of the above started.

I did some more research, added the lines to ~/.fluxbox/startup which fixes the problem of starting them when fluxbox starts but still can;t set fluxbox as default session

Appreciate all your help too mate

create /etc/X11/dm/Sessions/fluxbox.desktop with the following in it....


[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Fluxbox
Type=Application
Icon=
Exec=fluxbox


You may need to put the full path to fluxbox in the Exec line if it is in a non-standard location.

The file also needs execution right:

chmod +x /etc/X11/dm/Sessions/fluxbox.desktop

Yep that would be the problem. I start complete from the command line without sessions.