From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PB0XA-0008H9-Kg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:34:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B030E0955; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:34:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gy0-f181.google.com (mail-gy0-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA02E0955 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:34:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gye5 with SMTP id 5so227828gye.40 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:34:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8cqYE2pjt3/ZgvldSy08brultVWh+Q/4xjcIatnFmPU=; b=HG347PkFJeKIGPWw450YMWHZvfGVW1yVtuyUJ08MoCEWJx4GVx8ni1HV/nZgVTI+7T pKFnGArVHRofJNDCRtXZqv5N07H2m7TBXjUUl469JKDfJYvzQUKLT4nDNiCjSbIKUauu EH4osecHVznvbN1MjM8azXPoBJqo9YYohM7oA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=D8EE6gzndzNqB1EUVy9hyjefnimgCkYpJj7Yt7PY9vFtNTbzektB37eIlwwEjaE6Jw Yw6rXT71vM52tcKzfvBy5eF2a4NCEHmmycqaAQp7pqLlHOnGjmgthsmuJb1Xlu4I/4B+ QtsdeK1QuvpCUl85/ZLd0mYacrvJK/1B8yc9k= Received: by 10.100.44.9 with SMTP id r9mr7590485anr.10.1288164889057; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:34:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-0-94-212.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.94.212]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d15sm11442741ana.20.2010.10.27.00.34.46 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:34:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4CC7D615.4000308@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:34:45 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.14) Gecko/20101020 Gentoo/2.0.9 SeaMonkey/2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox and using kdm References: <4CC76457.7040804@gmail.com> <20101027032123.GA7415@root_A20> <4CC7BE0A.8080708@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CC7BE0A.8080708@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 75b3ba4c-8153-4a61-807a-2436ff71b4fb X-Archives-Hash: f955a13f1cb5ebb7a6f3137204413dcd Dale wrote: > Vincent Launchbury wrote: >> On 2010/10/26 07:29PM, Dale wrote: >>> Is starting fluxbox without kdm as easy as typing "startfluxbox" in a >>> console as a user? Surely it can't be that easy. >> No, since X has to be started first. X creates windows, but just puts >> them all on top of each other, with no way to move them, and no way to >> switch between them except by clicking. Fluxbox just runs ontop of X, >> and manages it's windows, adding decorations and a sane way to control >> them. For example, try doing: >> xinit "xterm -e /bin/bash" -- /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp >> and run fluxbox from the xterm. It's just a layer ontop of an already >> running X. >> >> You should be able to start fluxbox from a console with just: >> startx /usr/bin/startfluxbox >> which overrides the default /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc script. That should >> basically create an xauthority file and run xinit, which in turn starts >> X, then fluxbox, and waits for fluxbox to exit so it can shutdown X >> nicely. >> >> Regards, >> Vincent. >> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) > > I'll give that a try. That is what I am looking for. I once had kdm > to fail on me during a KDE upgrade. I think it was a version mismatch > of some kind because later on as it emerged more packages, ir worked > fine. So, I'm looking to make sure it works with kdm, which it does, > and without kdm, which I am about to find out. > > Thanks much. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > Just to confirm the results. The command startx /usr/bin/startfluxbox worked fine here. I forgot to do this at first so I will add this. You have to stop xdm/kdm first. I guess xdm/kdm locks the process. Other than forgetting to stop xdm, it worked fine. Thanks much. I now have a backup GUI. So now a KDE upgrade can bork on me and I can still have something. Dale :-) :-)