Ricardo wrote:
If you wanted to boot directly into X, then I would say install GDM, but I guess that's not what you want?
No, just for blackbox to start when I type startx. I think it is just to do with putting "exec blackbox" in the right file, but the one the helpful goole doc suggested isn't there (.xinitrc in home directory type stuff). At the moment when I startx I get a grey background with an xterm window, nothing else, until I type the appropriate window manager in the xterm. When I said earlier "I don't fully understand x..", by the way, I meant "I have absolutely no idea how x works" ;-) Jen.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 03:00:14PM +0100, Jenny_Hopkins@toby-churchill.com wrote:
Ricardo wrote:
If you wanted to boot directly into X, then I would say install GDM, but I guess that's not what you want?
No, just for blackbox to start when I type startx. I think it is just to do with putting "exec blackbox" in the right file, but the one the helpful goole doc suggested isn't there (.xinitrc in home directory type stuff). At the moment when I startx I get a grey background with an xterm window, nothing else, until I type the appropriate window manager in the xterm. When I said earlier "I don't fully understand x..", by the way, I meant "I have absolutely no idea how x works" ;-) Jen.
X is evil :) it is not meant to be understood. Anyhow create the file .xinitrc and add the one line exec blackbox and then change the permissions on the file to read and execute for just you and then try startx.
This should work, let me know how you get on.
Adam
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