FC3

coder22 · 02-23-2005, 10:22 AM

Hi all,

I've got installed fluxbox on my FC3 system. And now I want it to make
it the default window manager (but by console!). I want GNOME to
be replaced by fluxbox, so that I don't have to change each time
at the login-screen the session-type to fluxbox.

Can someone tell me, which files I do have to edit?

coder22

GlenX · 02-23-2005, 10:30 AM

Hi coder22,

Quote:

(but by console!)

Why? It is far more easier to just login into Flux and a msg box will pop up and say "Fluxbox is not your default Desktop, would you like to make it?" and it will give you two options, "Just for this session" or "keep as default"

(I’m not to sure on the actual wording but its something like that.)

The only other way I know of is too edit the desktop file, I’m not on Linux at the moment but I think it is /etc/desktop (I'll confirm this when I get home) and you can change the settings there and save it. (Will need to be root)

GlenX

coder22 · 02-23-2005, 10:34 AM

The problem is, I didn't get this messagebox. I installed via yum and logged out,
changed the session type to fluxbox and that was it. No popup nothing...
Any ideas? Maybe a post of your /etc/sysconfig/desktop and your
/etc/X11/prefdm may help.

coder22

GlenX · 02-23-2005, 11:34 AM

Hi coder22,

Quote:

/etc/sysconfig/desktop

Code:

DESKTOP="GNOME"
DISPLAYMANAGER=GNOME

Quote:

/etc/X11/prefdm

Code:

#!/bin/sh

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin


# shut down any graphical boot that might exist
if [ -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ]; then
    /usr/bin/rhgb-client -quit
fi

# We need to source this so that the login screens get translated
[ -f /etc/profile.d/lang.sh ] && . /etc/profile.d/lang.sh

# Run preferred X display manager
preferred=
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then
	. /etc/sysconfig/desktop
	if [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = GNOME ]; then
		preferred=gdm
	elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = KDE ]; then
		preferred=kdm
	elif [ "$DISPLAYMANAGER" = XDM ]; then
	        preferred=xdm
	fi
fi

shopt -s execfail

[ -n "$preferred" ] && exec $preferred $* >/dev/null 2>&1

# Fallbacks, in order
exec gdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
exec kdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1
exec xdm $* >/dev/null 2>&1

# catch all exit error
exit 1

GlenX

coder22 · 02-23-2005, 01:00 PM

Thanks for posting your config files.
My files looked the same, with one exception:
I had only instead of
DISPLAYMANAGER=GNOME
this one:
DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE

This makes me crazy... Another question. How did you proceed to install fluxbox?
And what have you had installed before? On my system was GNOME and KDE installed.
System-Default was GNOME. Then I used yum to install fluxbox (yum install fluxbox).
That was everything that has be done.

Why did you get a message-box where you've been asked, if you wanted to have
fluxbox your default session-type?

*worried*

coder22

GlenX · 02-23-2005, 01:58 PM

hI coder22,

Quote:

I had only instead of
DISPLAYMANAGER=GNOME
this one
DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE

Thats probably why, the display manager manages your login screen, and the message appears when you log in. Try changing to GNOME instead of KDE, GNOME is better anyway IMO.

GlenX

jjasghar · 03-02-2005, 11:24 AM

i thought all you had to do it FC3 was

Code:

deskswitch fluxbox

or

Code:

switchdesk fluxbox

in a console as root.... i know its something like that