blackbox

lil_becky · 11-14-2002, 07:36 AM

hi... i've installed blackbox only after i finished instaling my linux version (suse 7.3). And well... it doesn't appear in my login window.. so i can't select it from over there at start up. How do i make it appear?

Blitzkrieg · 11-14-2002, 09:16 AM

exit x to command line and type:

startx blackbox

cottonmouth · 11-14-2002, 09:39 AM

open terminal
type init3

startx blackbox

lil_becky · 11-14-2002, 10:39 AM

first...how do i exist x from the command line..(sorry..but i'm kinda of a

to linux..

) )..
and..do those commands only start blackbox.....or after i do that..blackbox will appear in the login window at start up?..cause i need to know how to make blackbox or something else appear in the login window so that i can select it at startup

qanopus · 11-16-2002, 11:06 AM

He there, I have had the same prob. with my fluxbox. I got that fixed. But I dont remember how. I will find out how I did it and post a nother reply. Sorry for not being helpfull now.
You can exit X by pressing cntr-alt-F[x] with x a number between 1 and 6. You will get command line prompt where you can log in. Then do what the other guy's have told you

qanopus · 11-16-2002, 11:28 AM

Hello there.
Edit the file "/opt/kde/share/config/kdm/kdmrc". You will see a line like
"SessionTypes=kde,windowmaker,fvwm2,mwm,twm,fluxbox,failsafe". Put a blackbox entry in there and you are done.
I assume you have KDM as your login manager. I also have suse 7.3 and I have KDM so unless you changed somthing you sould have that as well.
Bey .

qanopus · 11-16-2002, 11:34 AM

Oh, one more thing, you might not have a /opt/kde directory but a /opt/kde2 directory

lil_becky · 11-17-2002, 11:11 AM

so.. when i was about to get that thing working out..my computer crashed... actually..my monitor..or something... so i'd better get to the hardware forum

)) ... thanx anyway.. i'll try that as soon as i'll get it working

becky