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Lugz

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Registered: 2007-02-07

Posts: 27

OpenBox Anyone?

Anyone use openbox? If so, i need help with using it and not using a login manager. Also,  is there a desktop icon plugin or something so i can have a desktop with openbox? Similar to fbdesk.

hugin

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Registered: 2006-05-19

Posts: 93

Re: OpenBox Anyone?

re: the desktop icons, i believe it's called idesk, or you could use ROX to do it. 

And it would be helpful if you actually told us what was giving you problems.  So what are you problems using it without a login manager?  are you trying to run it from a 'startx'? 

/swogs

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magnum_opus

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Registered: 2005-01-26

Posts: 132

Re: OpenBox Anyone?

if no login manager-
open .xinitrc with a text editor
add "exec openbox" (and delete or comment out any exec ____ that was there)
from the console (not a *term but the actual X-less console) type
"startx"

OR

from the console type "xinit /usr/bin/openbox"

upsidaisium

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From: Vietnam

Registered: 2006-09-16

Posts: 263

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Re: OpenBox Anyone?

i'm running openbox, with slim as my login manager.  it's very easy to setup:
- pacman --sync slim
- configure by editing /etc/slim.conf
- add slim to the list of daemons in /etc/rc.conf

i haven't tinkered with slim too much, but i like it so far (i've been using it for ~1 week).

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picpak

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Registered: 2006-12-02

Posts: 89

Re: OpenBox Anyone?

The problem with slim is that it builds HUGE log files.

I use a combination of autologging in with mingetty and putting startx in my .bash_profile. There's a guide at the wiki.

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Lugz

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Registered: 2007-02-07

Posts: 27

Re: OpenBox Anyone?

Okay, so i played around with openbox for some time and i managed to get what looks like a generated menu. There is no panel which i want, something similar to flux, and I would also like something for my desktop with icons. Here is a screenshot of what it looks like now. ( how would i get a panel to auto start with openbox along with something that displays desktop/icons)

bones

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From: Brisbane

Registered: 2006-03-24

Posts: 322

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Re: OpenBox Anyone?

Okay, so i played around with openbox for some time and i managed to get what looks like a generated menu. There is no panel which i want, something similar to flux, and I would also like something for my desktop with icons. Here is a screenshot of what it looks like now. ( how would i get a panel to auto start with openbox along with something that displays desktop/icons)

Pypanel works well for me plus idesk, I've just add those to my .xinitrc file so they start up with openbox, Have a read of the wiki, it's all in there and very easy to follow.

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arox1

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-07-08

Posts: 174

Re: OpenBox Anyone?

PCmanFM can display icons on desktop