Flux or Open box

cclavey · 03-31-2003, 11:40 AM

Hi. I was looking for either a fluxbox or an openbox tutorial. The readme always seems to end after installation. Does the Simply Linux Slack 8.1 guide for fluxbox still apply? If anyone knows of the steps I need to take, or where I can find them, that would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

nakkaya · 03-31-2003, 12:12 PM

documentation on fluxbox s site ecplains all the steps pretty goof

Tinkster · 03-31-2003, 02:25 PM

I would have said it's pretty good, actually. ;)

Cheers,
TInk

cclavey · 03-31-2003, 05:13 PM

Ok. When I get to the part about modifying my /usr/local/bin/fluxbox file, I open it in pico, but all I can see are characters I can't recognise.
What should I do? The same thing happens if I use joe.

Thanks

Tinkster · 03-31-2003, 05:32 PM

The file you are trying to modify is an executable.

You're probably after some configuration files?
Try
cd ~/.fluxbox

and look for menu, keys and init :)

Cheers,
Tink

cclavey · 03-31-2003, 06:02 PM

When I do that I get this:
charles@claveybox:~$ cd ~./fluxbox
-bash: cd: ~./fluxbox: No such file or directory

Might it be located somewhere else?

Tinkster · 03-31-2003, 07:01 PM

Maybe you'll want to
mkdir .fluxbox
first, and then
cd ~/.fluxbox
cp /usr/local/share/fluxbox/* .
so you don't modify the system defaults :)

Cheers,
Tink

Texicle · 03-31-2003, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cclavey
When I do that I get this:
charles@claveybox:~$ cd ~./fluxbox
-bash: cd: ~./fluxbox: No such file or directory

Might it be located somewhere else?

Yes, it might be located in ~/.fluxbox instead of ~./fluxbox.

I just checked on fluxbox's documentation page and found this:

Quote:

If X11 is started the former way (via startx), the file that is important is called .xinitrc and resides in your home directory. In the case of starting via a display manager, the file is .xsession which resides at the same location.

The next step is to find the executable for Fluxbox. For most people, this is /usr/local/bin/fluxbox. Now you need to edit (or create) the file I just mentioned. Just put the following line at the bottom of the file:

exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox

I think you're trying to edit the wrong file. It says you need to edit your .xinitrc file or your .xsession file. I am assuming you've got a file called:

/home/cclavey/.xinitrc #notice the period in front of xinitrc

You should then add the line "exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox" (minus the quotes of course

)to that file. If you don't have a /home/cclavey/.xinitrc, you can add this to the system's xinitrc file found here:

/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc #notice there is no period in front of xinitrc

This should get you on your way to having fluxbox load up when "startx" is typed. Hope this helps.

cclavey · 03-31-2003, 07:20 PM

That seems to want to work -- there is a place that says
# Finally, launch XFce window manager
exec <and /usr/local/bin/fluxbox goes here>

Is that correct?

Thanks and Rgds,

Tinkster · 03-31-2003, 10:26 PM

That'll be your
~/.xsession
or
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.flux
file ... depending on whether you
want to start flux by default, or
by choice from kdm (gdm)...

Cheers,
Tink