-- MrLinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
(on Monday, 03 February 2003, 09:45 AM +0100):
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to install blackbox0.65 but I've some problems; in details:
>
> I use Slackware 8.1 and:
>
> /usr/local/> tar xvfz blackbox.....tar.gz
> cd blackbox...
> ./configure
> make
> make install
>
> I get no errors.
>
> Then I added a new file: xinitrc.blackbox, containing the line exec
> blackbox, to the /etc/X11/xinit directory and I gave to xinitrc.blackbox
> the execution permission (chmod +x xinitrc.blackbox).
>
> The point is that when i launch it with startx my monitor flickers and I
> get the console again.
>
> I used the set command to verify the PATH and it contains both /usr/bin
> and /usr/local/bin (blackbox executable is in /usr/local/bin).
>
> What am I forgetting?
I haven't gone the route of having an /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.blackbox --
not even quite sure how that works. However, I know that unless there's
a file defining a default window manager, running 'startx' doesn't do
much; you usually either have to:
1) execute 'startx windowmanagername'; or
2) create a ~/.xinitrc file whose last line is
'exec windowmanagername'
Try one of those options and see what happens.
--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
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