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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.
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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)).
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Hey there,
This will help you get X set up: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg
foo...
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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
"Possession means worries and luggage bags one has to drag along." Little My
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install x first
then openbox.
check out the beginners guide first and then follow the directions at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox
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