On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:17:37PM -0500, Lansing, Dan wrote: >Let me start by pointing out I am a retard >Next....i am running slackware 9.0 and just installed blackbox and fluxbox from /extra and I don't know how to use them now....at first install kdm had and option for blackbox but in my infinite wisdom I got rid of all the choices except the ones I used at the time.....now I want to use blackbox and/or fluxbox and can do nothing but sit in the corner and cry > >Dan The quickest way to do it is thusly: (from the console and no xdm/kdm/gdm etc..running) 1) edit your /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc 2) comment out everything 3) add this to the bottom exec fluxbox 4) save and exit 5) startx That is a very quick and dirty way to change your window manager. You can also use that same thing in ~/.xession <--- I think that is the proper file but I am probably wrong about that. Anyway, I am sure someone will post a much more comprehensive way to solve your issue. This way should get you up and running though. -- Linux Administrator || Technology Specialist || Wifi Engineer http://autonomous.tv/~spencer/resume/ || spencer at autonomous.tv Key fingerprint = 173B 8760 E59F DBF8 6FD2 68F8 ABA2 AB08 49C7 4754 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030509/1df0ba61/attachment.pgp