Debian problem

NsOmNiA91130 · Jun 11, 2005

Well, I went and isnstalled the base Debian system, and installed fluxbox. Then I realized htat I needed XFree, so I go ahead and install that. I rebooted, logged in, and typed 'startx'. Nothing. Is that the right command?

Argh, I think I'm just gonna do a knoppix install, or maybe Slackware...

khiloa · Jun 11, 2005

startx should be the correct command. Have you configured XFree yet? Try running as root X -config.

NsOmNiA91130 · Jun 11, 2005

Nope, 'x -config' doesn't do anything. :eh?:

gigahertz · Jun 11, 2005

X not x

klingens · Jun 11, 2005

you install X11 by "apt-get install x-window-system". It will automatically start the configuration program. If you want to change the config after that, you can always run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" again. Never run X -config

khiloa · Jun 11, 2005

Ah, well being I have never used Debain before I was not too sure how configuring X works on it. Thanks for letting me know.

Arkaine23 · Jun 11, 2005

Also, startx will not magically work. You have to create a config file called .xinitrc in a user's home directory.

Ex of the file-

#startkde
/bin/fluxbox
#exec gnome-session
#/bin/icewm

You only need entries from the WM's or DE's you have installed, and whichever one of them is uncommented will be the one that is launched when that user runs startx.

klingens · Jun 11, 2005

startx will magically work, it just uses whatever is defined in /etc/alternatives/windowmanager. If there is no windowmanager at all installed (dunno if that's even possible, twm or somesuch should be included by default), then one will get an ugly grey screen with a "X" mousepointer. It's not pretty, it's not easy, but it is X11 without a doubt.

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