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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?
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.
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
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.
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