FreeBSD: How to install Fluxbox?

gNguyen · 08-11-2008, 09:00 AM

I'm trying to install fluxbox on freeBSD. I found a site that told me how to it says to add exec fluxbox to the end of .xinitrc but I can't find it. If I remember correctly it's in the home directory but it's not there.

indienick · 08-11-2008, 09:36 AM

I take it you already have Fluxbox compiled? Did you do it through ports or just source-code compile (./configure && make && make install)?

vermaden · 08-11-2008, 09:40 AM

If it doesn't exist then create it.

indienick · 08-11-2008, 09:47 AM

Okay - re-reading your post, do the following:

Code:

$ touch ~/.xinitrc
$ echo 'exec fluxbox &' >> ~/.xinitrc

Then, to launch X, run:

Code:

$ xinit

gNguyen · 08-11-2008, 11:09 AM

Ok, I got it working but i had to remove the & from 'exec fluxbox'. So do no longer need startx because xinit is alot faster. When I do startx I get some errors.

Code:

xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "gNguyen:0" in "list" command

also in "remove" command

vermaden · 08-11-2008, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gNguyen

Ok, I got it working but i had to remove the & from 'exec fluxbox'. So do no longer need startx because xinit is alot faster. When I do startx I get some errors.

Code:

xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "gNguyen:0" in "list" command

also in "remove" command

Add you hostname + hostname.domain in /etc/hosts:

Code:

::1                     localhost host host.domain.com
127.0.0.1               localhost host host.domain.com
10.0.0.107              localhost host host.domain.com

Then generate xorg.conf:

Code:

# X -configure
# mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# exit
% xinit

gNguyen · 08-11-2008, 12:05 PM

Wow! Perfect thank you very much.