I Wanted to Flux Someone..

Ok, I was bored so i decided to give the world a quick and easy to follow

reference for installing the great window manager "fluxbox" for UNIX

platforms. Now of course you can grab it at http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net



Install
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1. grab that file from the link like i said above

2. cd /path/to/file/ normally your home directory such as /home/me

3. If you have the .bz2 file which i recommend, simply type:
tar xjf fluxboxversionhere.tar.bz2

4. Now to throw files in the right places and make sure you are indeed on
a gcc version the world can understand, the world being fluxbox, you
need to configure. Simply by typing ./configure
There are several other options for configure that allow you to use kde
and gnome menus etc in fluxbox but i could care less and you can read
the README file for more information on that, but they are something
like ./configure --enable-kde and ./configure --enable-gnome. Not sure.

5. Now to compile, type make

6. next type make install

7. and you are done installing, now go get a coke.



Setting It to work :)
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If you use a login manager to get into X, such as kdm, just change the

options in its appropriate control, this is just assuming that whenever

you login to your system, you type startx because you are on runlevel 3 :)

whatever@yourcomputer: cd /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit

pico or vi xinitrc

now at the bottom, itll say something like "exec gnome-session" erase this

and put exec fluxbox


Next, cd to /etc/X11/xdm

pico or vi Xsession

You should see something like this near the end of the file, its hard to
miss:

openwin)
exec olvwm
;;
fvwm2)
xsetroot -solid SteelBlue
exec fvwm2
;;
fvwm95)
xsetroot -solid SteelBlue
exec fvwm95
;;
blackbox)
exec blackbox
;;
xfce)
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xfce
;;
windowmaker)
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.wmaker

Thats the before shot, now you need to alter it a bit to have fluxbox on

the X agenda :P

The after shot would have an added:

fluxbox)
exec fluxbox
;;
or something along those lines, my bash isn't always very pretty. Now:

type:

reboot

next login as a regular user, or even root if you feel like it, it is not

required. type startx, and there you have it, fluxbox installed on your

machine and running. Can i get a w00t ;)

You have now been thoroughly fluxed by er0k.

what should i say ... tx :)

Very good man. I learned something today. You just made my day. -Twisted-

I want to "flux" someone...
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Good Post er0k, but the title was what got me. I couldn't figure out how someone had pissed you off so bad that you wanted to solder them to something.

(for the record, flux is a material used in soldering, brazing and welding to assist in the bonding of two different materials)

Anywho, good post d00d!

hehe danke al, the title was intended to catch your attention :P

er0K - I have fluxbox up and running, thanks for the tutorial - but how about a little polish now and finishing off with a tip on getting a couple of desktop icons working using fbdesk (this one has me frustrated) - the wife insists, she is still dependant on clicking on an icon to check her email :)

will work on it.

Good onya er0k, much appreciated, now I will just go sit over here in the corner quietly and let you get on with it :)

Quote:

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Next, cd to /etc/X11/xdm

pico or vi Xsession

You should see something like this near the end of the file, its hard to
miss:

openwin)
exec olvwm
;;
fvwm2)
xsetroot -solid SteelBlue
exec fvwm2
;;
fvwm95)
xsetroot -solid SteelBlue
exec fvwm95
;;
blackbox)
exec blackbox
;;
xfce)
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xfce
;;
windowmaker)
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.wmaker

Thats the before shot, now you need to alter it a bit to have fluxbox on

the X agenda :P

The after shot would have an added:

fluxbox)
exec fluxbox
;;

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This only needs to be edited if we use a graphical login, right?
Otherwise editing xinitrc is sufficient?

Just wanna get this straight as im installing this afternoon.

Cheers

I love Fluxbox, a few people in the mandrake irc channel got me into it a while back and I have been hooked ever since. Nice tut. indeed.

Quote:

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Originally posted here by r3b00+


This only needs to be edited if we use a graphical login, right?
Otherwise editing xinitrc is sufficient?

Just wanna get this straight as im installing this afternoon.





Cheers

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yeah i shoulda clarified better, if you are using runlevel 5 / kdm/ gdm thats the only reason you would have to edit that :)