Re: Openbox without other desktop environments.
On Wed 11 Nov 2015 at 15:28:25 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 02:51:30PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > > [...] > > > "man startx" tells us that startx is a frontend to xinit. It also > > states that configuration should be done in ".xsession". So, open > > the file "~/.xsession" in your favourite editor (nano is a good > > beginners editor). In that, try something like the following: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > xterm & > > openbox > > Yep: perhaps that's an even better avenue than what I proposed :-) Using a ~/.xsession is only better if the user wants complete control over the window manager (and programs) used when the X server is started. Leaving everything in the hands of the system should still produce a running WM.
Re: Openbox without other desktop environments.
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015, Rene Funck wrote: > I have a virgin installation of Jessie v.8.2 and i want to run Openbox > without other desktop environments. So my situation is almost > identical to Dwijesh Gajadurs who posted to this list yesterday. > > I followed the advises to Dwijesh: Installed Xorg, installed Openbox > (my own idea, hope i didn't ruin anything, ha ha!), logged in as a > regular user and executed > > *startx.* > It looked like the video-mode changed (probably from text to graphic) > and then i had a working mouse-pointer on black screen. > > Please help! You're in luck. My Wheezy system is set up the same way, a very custom install. And I made detailed notes of everything I did. So ... Since you've got a working pointer on a black screen, X and Openbox are working. Do you get a "floating" menu with a right mouse click? If not, did you install obmenu and menu (the Debian one)? I'm assuming you've not installed any apps. Advise you go to Openbox's web site and read the documentation on installing and configuring. Also, Arch Linux has VERY good step-by-step documentation on Openbox, among other things. Those are the two sources I used when I set up my Wheezy system a couple years ago. B
Re: Openbox without other desktop environments.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 02:51:30PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: [...] > "man startx" tells us that startx is a frontend to xinit. It also > states that configuration should be done in ".xsession". So, open > the file "~/.xsession" in your favourite editor (nano is a good > beginners editor). In that, try something like the following: > > #!/bin/sh > xterm & > openbox Yep: perhaps that's an even better avenue than what I proposed :-) regards - -- t -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlZDUIkACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYouQCdHv2otYFMutPMHmLgvDM5xCS2 LVEAn23q5nFPwxkPCmSydntUDriz6HLO =fcV0 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Openbox without other desktop environments.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 03:34:52PM +0100, Rene Funck wrote: > Hello Users > > I have a virgin installation of Jessie v.8.2 and i want to run Openbox > without other desktop environments. So my situation is almost identical to > Dwijesh Gajadurs who posted to this list yesterday. > > I followed the advises to Dwijesh: Installed Xorg, installed Openbox (my > own idea, hope i didn't ruin anything, ha ha!), logged in as a regular user > and executed > > *startx.* > It looked like the video-mode changed (probably from text to graphic) and > then i had a working mouse-pointer on black screen. > > Please help! Hm. It seems the window manager isn't set up in your X session. What's the file /usr/bin/x-window-manager? (I'd expect it to be a symlink to /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager, and this one to be a symlink to your window manager, probably /usr/bin/openbox or something similar). What does the command update-alternatives x-window-manager say? Perhaps you could fix it with sudo update-alternatives --config x-window-manager or with sudo update-alternatives --set x-window-manager /usr/bin/openbox (please, double-check the path to the openbox executable). Aditionally you might want to have a display manager (xdm, gdm or whatever) if you want to have a graphical login instead of issuing "startx" from the console. Before all that, you could try starting the window manager from a (Linux) console like so: DISPLAY=:0 openbox & (so you can check whether all of the above might work). HTH - -- tomás -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlZDUCAACgkQBcgs9XrR2kZJ+wCfdF8S6DNsxy6W9N9VBGuOC23Z VmMAn0PgyWWyJroMba6B8iW8K/bHy463 =MeRR -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Openbox without other desktop environments.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 03:34:52PM +0100, Rene Funck wrote: Hello Users I have a virgin installation of Jessie v.8.2 and i want to run Openbox without other desktop environments. So my situation is almost identical to Dwijesh Gajadurs who posted to this list yesterday. I followed the advises to Dwijesh: Installed Xorg, installed Openbox (my own idea, hope i didn't ruin anything, ha ha!), logged in as a regular user and executed startx. It looked like the video-mode changed (probably from text to graphic) and then i had a working mouse-pointer on black screen. Please help! 'startx' starts X. It appears that you've managed to get that working (evidenced by the mouse pointer). Press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to terminate X and return to the prompt. "man startx" tells us that startx is a frontend to xinit. It also states that configuration should be done in ".xsession". So, open the file "~/.xsession" in your favourite editor (nano is a good beginners editor). In that, try something like the following: #!/bin/sh xterm & openbox That will start an xterm terminal and background it (so that we can start another command in parallel), then run openbox and wait. X will terminate when the .xsession script stops, so we DON'T background this last command. Only when openbox exits will the X session shut down. Hope that gives you a place to start :) Regards, Rene. -- For more information, please reread. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Openbox without other desktop environments.
Hello Users I have a virgin installation of Jessie v.8.2 and i want to run Openbox without other desktop environments. So my situation is almost identical to Dwijesh Gajadurs who posted to this list yesterday. I followed the advises to Dwijesh: Installed Xorg, installed Openbox (my own idea, hope i didn't ruin anything, ha ha!), logged in as a regular user and executed *startx.* It looked like the video-mode changed (probably from text to graphic) and then i had a working mouse-pointer on black screen. Please help! Regards, Rene.
