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sunv

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Registered: 2008-02-25

Posts: 20

openbox setup help

Hello
I just installed arch linux
I installed all the things that the CD asks for, LIB, DEV, CORE, and another one.
Also I went through pacman -Syu to update my system to the latest
I'm trying to install openbox
I type pacman -S openbox
but when I run openbox with exec openbox, it gives me the error:
"Openbox-Message: Filed to open the display from the DISPLAY environment variable."

How do I get around this?

I am thinking I need like X11 or something like that.

When I type exec openbox-session as root, I get stuff saying no hsetroot...no esetroot...no xsetroot...no dbus-launch....no gnome-settings-daemon...no start_kdeinit

So what is going on?  How do I fix this?

Thanks in advance.

bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: openbox setup help

Yes, you need to install X.
I don't mean to offend, but you might find the beginner's guide a good reading... From part 6 on it's about X, there's also part about openbox. (And generally, you don't want to run things as root, unless necessary (like pacman)).

scoon

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From: Philadelphia,PA

Registered: 2007-05-21

Posts: 18

Re: openbox setup help

Hey there,

This will help you get X set up: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg

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tami

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From: Norway, Oslo

Registered: 2007-11-10

Posts: 58

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Re: openbox setup help

Despite of the guides posted above - which I also recommend, this article can be very helpful:

http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/

Kind regards,
tami

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bionnaki

Member

Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 289

Re: openbox setup help

install x first
then openbox.

check out the beginners guide first and then follow the directions at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox