im usin kde and want to try flux...so I use synaptic install fluxbox and flux conf....logout of kde ( I dont use any display manager I get to kde by #startx ) ..#startx hmm kde starts logout..#startfluxbox ..error cant find display make sure you startx.. hmmmm...ok so I google a bit ....edit xinintrc add exec /usr/bin/fluxbox ...all that was there b4 was . ./etc/X11/Xsession...so now it reads
. /etc/X11/Xsession
exec /usr/bin/fluxbox

ok logut of kde....#startx ...hmmm kde starts....edit xinitrc...remove ./etc/x11/session ..log out of kde...#startx ahh ha fluxbox starts BUT my menu consits of : xterm,exit,restart..thats
it and when I click on xterm NOTHING happens so I can do NOTHING.....ok so ive used flux on damn small linux and freebsd so I know that something is not quite right but I dont know how to fix it

I don't know debilian well enough to know whether
it will take care of your menu needs or not... but
being a slacker and used to setting my machine
up the way I want :} ...

Edit ~/.fluxbox/menu and add stuff to your hearts
content and customize your menu just the way you
want it to be.



Cheers,
Tink

well therin lies the problem I CANT do anything in flux I mean nothing well I can stare at the desktop but since I cant even get an xterm I can edit nothing type nothing do nothing ....something is not quite right.....and I know in freebsd 5.3-release and flux .094-dev it will generate a menu for you so I would think in deb it should be able to do the same

Ctrl-Alt-FX (where X stands for a number between
1 and 6) ... log-in as yourself and edit the bloody menu :D


Cheers,
Tink

uh yeah what menu where and how..see if I login to flux I cant do a damn thing

*sigh*
You know that you have 6 full-screen consoles
that work independently of the X-Server?

You switch to one of those, log in as your user
and just do
[vi|emacs|pico|nano|joe] ~/.fluxbox/menu



Cheers,
Tink

there has got to be a better way ....then manually adding 20-30 progs by hand to a menu...something aint right....didnt have to do that with frebsd there has got to be something missing

Try READ THIS

command not found??
thats what i used in freebsd and it worked like a charm.....I first tried compile flux from source cause it was newer than whats in sid but it just kept spitting errors at #make
and couldnt fix it

You should have it,try to locate it locate fluxbox-generate_menu.As they say its not in your $PATH.May need slocate for locate,don't know debian that well.

all I have is the doc for it no bin no lib
/usr/share/doc/fluxbox/fluxbox-generate_menu.gz

Moved: This thread is more suitable in the Debian forum, and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

As root user, do this: That should add the Debian menu into fluxbox.

The man page for fluxbox is long, detailed and very much worth reading.

no go did nt do a thing

We need a bit more info to be able to help you. Is your problem that the command didn't install any packages? Or is the problem that the command installed packages but you've still got no menu?