Windows Manager

Longman, Bill yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Jan 26 10:52:01 2004


> Okay I've installed Fluxbox to the best of my knowledge.  Then just
> to make sure I have the latest and greatest I typed 
> 
> yum update fluxbox
> 
> then I type switchdesk, fluxbox is an option
> But I get the below!  Argh!!!!  Fluxbox not installed!!!
> 
> WTF!  Can anyone point me in the right direction, this is turning
> into a major headache.......

Can you just start fluxbox? Start X with xinit and when the xterm comes up,
start fluxbox from there. (This assumes that you haven't tweezed your
.xinitrc any to start any other WM's.). Does that run? That should at least
give you a starting point.