Got fluxbox?

hecresper · 04-10-2003, 09:56 AM

Hi,

I download the fluxbox pkg mentioned at fluxbox.org. The main site's pkg said that it was for 8.1, but I downloaded it anyways and installed it.

I copied xinitrc.wmaker to xinirtrc.fluxbox and edited the lines related to wmaker out and added a line to start fluxbox. I then edited Xsessions and added a line to show fluxbox as an option in kdm. Well, fluxbox didn't start that way and it didn't start by just using the console. Did I go about it the wrong way? Is there a Slackware 9 pkg roaming around the 'net?

Thanks.

R0N1N · 04-10-2003, 02:05 PM

I wouldn't think that a slackware 8.1 package will work on slackware 9.0. They use two different versions of gcc (2.95.x and 3.2.x. I would recommend that you just download the source and build it yourself.

wr3ck3d · 04-10-2003, 05:49 PM

You can use the 8.1 fluxbox package with 9 no problem. Just install the package, copy this for your .xinitrc

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $
 
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
 
# merge in defaults and keymaps
 
if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi
 
if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi
 
if [ -f $userresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $userresources
fi
 
if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap
fi
 
# Any programs you want to start place under here and put a "&" after
# Here is a example
# gkrellm -w &

# Start the window manager:
exec /opt/fluxbox/bin/./fluxbox

put that in as ~/.xinitrc...startx and you should be fine

m32 · 04-10-2003, 09:31 PM

I thought I read somewhere that fluxbox came with 9...is that not true?

MykilX · 04-10-2003, 10:37 PM

yes fluxbox does come with slack 9, also blackbox. It's not on the install disk though. It's on the second disk. Not sure which diskset though.

docGonzo2000 · 04-11-2003, 02:20 AM

It's in the extras directory on the ftp site. Any of the ftp sites. Along with Xcdroast and a bunch of other good stuff.

hecresper · 04-11-2003, 04:07 AM

Yep, downloaded the pkg from the extras dir, but the configs I have for my mouse did not work when I started Phoenix. I'll keep plucking at it, tho. Until everything works the way I want it.

Thanks for the tips.

contrasutra · 04-11-2003, 03:44 PM

Id get the latest release from fluxbox and compile it yourself, its real easy, its a generic install.

Slackware has fluxbox .1 package, and They are up to .9, much better.

aaron_n · 04-13-2003, 09:49 PM

i just compiled fluxbox from source and edited the bottom of the .xinitrc file (in my home dir) like this:

Code:

...
# Start the window manager:
exec fluxbox

hecresper · 04-14-2003, 02:59 AM

Got fluxbox working and with the sidebuttons on the mouse working, too. I edited the same file: ~/.xinitrc

I added the call to my sidebuttons script before the call to start fluxbox. Thanks all for your posts.