Add login window manager

Sifvion · 08-01-2002, 12:31 PM

I know this question had been ask before and I tried to follow but end up with no result.

I running on RH7.3, I just install fluxbox from tar file. And i want it to add in to my login manager so everytime when I boot up I can choose fluxbox to start as my X window. I had tried to edit the following script /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession into this

# now, we see if xdm/gdm/kdm has asked for a specific environment
case $# in
1)
if [ -x /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.$1 ]; then
exec -l $SHELL -c "/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.$1";
fi;

case $1 in
failsafe)
exec -l $SHELL -c "xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0"
;;
fluxbox)
exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox
;;
gnome)
exec -l $SHELL -c "gnome-session"
;;
kde|kde1|kde2)
exec -l $SHELL -c "/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.kde"
;;
twm)
# fall back to twm
exec -l $SHELL -c "/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.twm"
;;
esac
esac

but still there is no fluxbox in the login menu.

Please advise.

webtoe · 08-01-2002, 01:20 PM

all the other window manager things in that bit of script have

-l $SHELL -c

in front of the program to execute.

try

exec -l $SHELL -c /usr/local/bin/fluxbox

and see if that works instead.

HTH

Alex

Sifvion · 08-02-2002, 07:41 AM

anymore advise?

sarin · 08-02-2002, 08:19 AM

May be you are running KDM or GDM?
( Well only a guess. Don't know if they really got diff config files? )
--Sarin

Sifvion · 08-02-2002, 01:39 PM

Well I guess i use kde login manager which is kdm but as i change Xsession kdm also change and both scripts are the same configuration. Still no ideas

sarin · 08-02-2002, 02:37 PM

Ok let me do a bit of experimenting. I found kdmrc file. Session is set to Xsession in xdm dir. But there is an entry for SessionTypes. May be you should change that. See /etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc. I will also try and post back if I find something useful.
--Sarin

sarin · 08-02-2002, 02:41 PM

Yep. I think I am correct. Go to that file make an entry for fluxbox.
SessionTypes=default,kde,gnome,fluxbox,failsafe
or something like that.
--Sarin

Sifvion · 08-03-2002, 11:48 AM

sarin you are the best . It work so do you think its necessary to change the setting in Xsession also? or just kdmrc? Anywa cant get use to fluxbox still figuring out how to change BG pic and how to add more items in the menu.