i have downloaded the black box tar.gz file but how can i install and use after ./configure make make install
??

cheers

erling

The make install installs it. You just need to find out the command to start it.

man blackbox

I use startx and have this in my .bashrc to allow me to use any wm/de I have installed:

thx

where is the .bashrc file cant seem to find it!!!

Its in your home directory. Any file with a "." in front of it is a hidden file. If you do a ls -al /home/<username> it should list your hidden files.

Also note, if this is on a Slack box, it won't be there by default, as you will have to create one. If you need to edit this file, either create it accordingly or update or edit your /etc/profile which is hte global configuration file for all users.

/home/<username>/.bashrc

Changes take effect on next login, BTW.

i have no .bashrc in my home directory

cheers

erling

Nobody is stopping you from creating one. You have my permission.

touch .bashrc

Now ya do!

when i try startx bb a message about no option bb or something showes up

and when i try i get no connection to x server
black box failed to start
here is my bashrc:

lias kde='echo DESKTOP=kde3.1 > ~/.desktop;startx'
alias bb='echo DESKTOP=BlackBox > ~/.desktop;startx'

cheers

erling

Did you overlook anything in the INSTALL and README files?

Did each step complete (./configure? make? make install?) ok?

Is it located in the user's PATH after install?

i looked now but the only thing that were there was about how to kompile: ./configure make make install

but nothing about starting the display mangager!!!

cheers

erling

I'm out of ideas. Perhaps the Blackbox website documentation or their mailing list could help.

Could you not find slackware packages?

I have heard that fluxbox won't work on slack, so maybe the same thing is possible with blackbox since they are variants of each other.

you're jsut using the commands wrong aren't you?

if .desktop contains "blackbox" then just type "startx" and that should load it. be aware that fancypiper's alias commands are presumably just one awy that a user found was convenient for himself, it's not a convention or anything. presonally i have a line in "~/.xinitrc" that just says "exec blackbox" which is how blackbox is loaded

where is .desktop file??

/home/<username>/.desktop

Handy bash commands for finding out stuff in Linux:
# Find CPU specifications
cat /proc/cpuinfo

# What pci cards are installed and what irq/port is used
cat /proc/pci

# Memory and swap information
free
An article: Tips for Optimizing Linux Memory

# How is the hard drive partitioned
fdisk /dev/hd<X> -l

# How much free drive space
df -h

# Show disk usage by current directory and all subdirectories
du | less

# Find running kernel version
uname -r

# Find X server version
X -showconfig

# What is the distribution
cat /etc/.product
cat /etc/.issue
cat /etc/issue
cat /etc/issue.net
sysinfo

# For finding or locating files
find
locate
which
whereis

# Use dmesg to view the kernel ring buffer (error messages)
dmesg | less

# Watch error messages as they happen (sysklog needed)
as root, tail -f /var/log/messages (shows last 10 lines, use a number in front of f for more lines)

# What processes are running
ps -A

# Find a process by name
ps -ef | grep -i <plain text>
For example, XCDroast
ps -ef | grep -i xcdroast
# See current environment list, or pipe to file
env | more
env > environmentvariablelist.txt

# Show current userid and assigned groups
id

# See all command aliases for the current user
alias

# See rpms installed on current system
rpmquery --all | more
rpmquery --all > <filename>
rpmquery --all | grep -i <plaintext>

# What directory am I using
pwd

# What takes up so much space on your box
# Run from the directory in question and the largest chunk shows up last
find $1 -type d | xargs du -sm | sort -g

Look at man <command> or info <command> for the flags I used and for other options you can use for bash commands.