%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Fluxbox The Fluxbox package contains a window manager. &lfs65_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &fluxbox-md5sum; Download size: &fluxbox-size; Estimated disk space required: &fluxbox-buildsize; Estimated build time: &fluxbox-time; Fluxbox Dependencies Required Optional Image display library User Notes: Install Fluxbox by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install --enable-imlib2: Use this option if you wish to use other image formats in addition to xpm. ~/.fluxbox/init, ~/.fluxbox/keys, and ~/.fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/init ~/.fluxbox/keys ~/.fluxbox/menu If Fluxbox is the only Window Manager you want to use, you can start it with an .xinitrc file in your home folder. Be sure to backup your current .xinitrc before proceeding. ~/.xinitrc echo startfluxbox > ~/.xinitrc Or alternatively, if you use a login manager like or kdm and would like to be able to choose Fluxbox at the login prompt, create a fluxbox.desktop file like this. As root: cat > /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop << "EOF" [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Fluxbox Comment=This session logs you into Fluxbox Exec=startfluxbox Type=Application EOF If you didn't install or kdm in /usr, then change that command to fit the prefix you chose. Now create the Fluxbox configuration files: mkdir -v ~/.fluxbox && cp -v /usr/share/fluxbox/init ~/.fluxbox/init && cp -v /usr/share/fluxbox/keys ~/.fluxbox/keys Now if you have installed: cd ~/.fluxbox && fluxbox-generate_menu otherwise: cp -v /usr/share/fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu Menu items are added by editing ~/.fluxbox/menu. The syntax is explained on the fluxbox man page. If you want to use an image as your desktop background, copy the theme you like into ~/.fluxbox. Then add a line to make it use the correct image. In the following command, change <theme> for the name of the theme you want and change </path/to/nice/image.xpm> to point to the actual image you want to use. cp /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/<theme> ~/.fluxbox/theme && sed -i 's,\(session.styleFile:\).*,\1 ~/.fluxbox/theme,' \ ~/.fluxbox/init && echo "background.pixmap: </path/to/nice/image.xpm>" >> ~/.fluxbox/theme In some locales the font specified in the theme may not contain the needed characters. This results in menus with blank items. You can fix this by editing ~/.fluxbox/theme with a text editor and altering it so that it names a suitable font. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories fluxbox, fbsetbg, fbsetroot, fluxbox-generate_menu, startfluxbox, fbrun, fluxbox-remote, and fluxbox-update_configs None /usr/share/fluxbox and ~/.fluxbox Short Descriptions fluxbox is a window manager for X11 based on Blackbox 0.61.0. fluxbox fbsetbg is a utility that sets the background image. It requires which to find one of: display, Esetroot, wmsetbg, xv, qiv or xsri. fbsetbg fbsetroot is a utility to change root window appearance based on the Blackbox application bsetroot. fbsetroot fluxbox-generate_menu is a utility that generates a menu by scanning your PATH. It requires which to function properly. fluxbox-generate_menu startfluxbox is a session startup script that allows for command executions prior to fluxbox starting. startfluxbox fbrun displays a run dialog window. fbrun fluxbox-remote provides command line access to key commands for Fluxbox. fluxbox-remote