Is there a linux bootup flow chart available anyplace?
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Is there a linux bootup flow chart available anyplace?
I have been trying to set my default wm as fluxbox on a phlak hd install but Im not having succsess. I have looked at .xinitd(I think this is correct) but from what I can see it is already set to fluxbox, but xfce is what boots up.
Has anyone ever seen a linux boot sequence flow chart or even a log file with the standard paths? This would make diagnosing these things easyer, since obviously xfce is being told to load from someplace.
I haven't used Phlak, but there is a tool on my box called xwmconfig which sets the default windows manager. It does this by modifying the link /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc to point the xinitrc file for the required windows manager. You might be able to change your settings that way.
I tried that comand but it wasnt installed, I tried finding it through synaptic but couldnt find it. So I followed the path to the xinitrc file and opened it in an editor and it seems to be directed to fluxbox, xfce isnt even mentioned??? Could this be something to do with run levels? Could it be because phlak is intended to be ran from the cd? I can boot the cd into fluxbox.
Could it be that Phlak only has xfce installed and just has a link to fluxbox which is broken? What are the contents of your /etc/X11/xinit directory? I have the following:
I checked the contents of /etc/X11/xinit and there are only 2 files, xinitrc and xserverrc I checked with synaptic to see if fluxbox was installed on the system and it is showing that the most current version is installed. Another thing I discovered is that the kernal parimeters in grub even contain boot=fluxbox.Here is the contents of the xinitrc file.
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