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 Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2003 6:40 pm Post subject: Start Fluxbox a'la startxfce! |
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Ever wanted to run KDE or GNOME by default and still have a little handy WM (like Fluxbox) which you can start when your system is preforming for instance a compilation and is quite slow? Sure! Just edit ~./xinitrc every time you want to run something else then your default environment, comment out 'exec startkde', add whatever you want to run and voila!
But, what about typing startflux everytime, instand of editing ~/.xinitrc ? Check it out!
Here's what you need:
1. Place this file in /usr/share/commonbox/xinitrc
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
#
# xinitrc file for Fluxbox
# Some distro needs to allow even localhost to use the display
# Uncomment this if you experience "Can't open display" when running
# programs from xfce. BEWARE this is considered as a vulnerability !
#
# xhost +$HOSTNAME
#
xsetroot -solid black -cursor_name watch
# Start-up stuff from ~/Desktop/Autostart directory, if it exists
# (as it seems to be the new standard)
if [ -d "$HOME/Desktop/Autostart" ]; then
for i in `ls -1 ${HOME}/Desktop/Autostart/ 2>/dev/null`; do
if [ -x $HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i ]; then
$HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i &
fi
done
fi
# Uncomment this if you have xmodmap loading additional keycodes.
# set the XKEYS variable to the correct file
# XKEYS=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# if [ -f $XKEYS ]; then
# xmodmap $XKEYS
# fi
# Uncomment this to launch xscreensaver (if available)
# xscreensaver -no-splash &
# Here you can add the programs you want to autostart with Fluxbox.
# Don't forget to put '&' at the end of each line!!
gkrellm2 -w &
gaim &
# Finally, launch Fluxbox window manager
exec fluxbox |
2. Place this one in /usr/bin/startflux (you can rename it to 'startfluxbox' or whatever you prefer...
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
#
# startflux - Script that starts Fluxbox
#
# Copyright (C) 1999 Olivier Fourdan (fourdan@xfce.org)
# Modified by Jacob Wodzynski (jacobw@gmx.net) 2003
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
#
if [ ! -d $HOME/.fluxbox/ ]; then
mkdir $HOME/.fluxbox/
fi
if test "x$DISPLAY" = "x"
then
echo $0: Starting X server
if [ -x $HOME/.fluxbox/xinitrc ]; then
exec xinit $HOME/.fluxbox/xinitrc $*
else
exec xinit /usr/share/commonbox/xinitrc $*
fi
else
echo $0: X server already running on display $DISPLAY
if [ -x $HOME/.fluxbox/xinitrc ]; then
exec /bin/sh $HOME/.fluxbox/xinitrc
else
exec /bin/sh /usr/share/commonbox/xinitrc
fi
fi |
Now just type and Fluxbox'll start! And you can still have your "heavy" WM in your ~/.xinitrc which will be started by default, when you type !
Hope this can be useful for some of you....
BTW, probably somebody's already created something like this, it's so simple and useful. I've must had missed it, so a created another one =)
Cheers,
Jacob
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| Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2003 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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How about running for example KDM and select a different session?  |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2003 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks.. that is pretty good.. i would like to try that as soon as i get home. i dont user KDM because i dont see the point.. there is only one person who uses that system, me. And i dont feel like going the KDM way. |
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qnx
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| Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2003 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| PARENA wrote: | | How about running for example KDM and select a different session? |
Cause I have a one-user system and I don't wanna start X as soon as the comuter starts, but I login into bash. From it I could of course start kdm and then login again and stuff...but it takes TIME! So why not write a little handy script that handles it?? That's my opinion.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2003 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| Ah yes, I see... I always use KDM here, I keep forgetting lots of people don't (or GDM/XDM, whatever). |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| xwmm and wmselect are elegant ways of handling one's multi-wm requirements also (there are probably more). No ebuilds are available presently however. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:24 am Post subject: |
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you could use gdm and just do something like: CTRL+ALT+F4
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