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Trying to see what blackbox is like... but I can't seem to switch

I'm currently running KDE as my X window system, and I've heard that blackbox is really small, and so I wanted to try it out. The only problem is That I don't know how to change it. I've looked at the config files and I can't seem to find a place in there where I could change it, and the utility that I used to change from gnome to KDE doesn't have an option for blackbox, so I'm in somewhat of a no-win situation. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

-Jalsk

Perhaps you are using the gdm login manager and need to configure it?

Gdm - GNOME version of xdm

I prefer using a console login, using startx to start the GUI. I create a file .xinitrc in my home directory to do that stuff.

If you would like to do that, edit your /etc/inittab and change the default runlevel to "Full multi user mode" and create a file similar to mine:

Code:

# Duron box "uilleann" user fancy .xinitrc file

# Start the stuff I want to run when I startx



# The artwiz-fonts sometimes conflict with your locale settings. To get

# them to work you may have to put the following at the beginning of your

# .xinitrc file

# export LC=C

# export LC_ALL=C



# Set the background for fluxbox

# Esetroot ~/backgrounds/linux.png &



# Start gkrellm and put it in the slit

gkrellm -w &



# This will run a screensaver as your background

# /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/hopalong -root &



# Start the screensaver daemon

xscreensaver &



# Finally, I start my window manager

exec fluxbox

# exec kde

# exec gnome-session

If you prefer to stick to your gui login, try a search of the board on setting up gdm (or xdm or kdm, whatever you use) to switch to another DE/WM.

I don't think blackbox comes with redhat. You will have to go and install it,
http://prdownloads.sf.net/blackboxwm...-0.65.0.tar.gz
once you do , find where it is located with
whereis blackbox
and put
exec /path/to/blackbox
at the top of your .xinitrc file in your home directory and then startx will bring up blackbox