Window Mangers :: fluxbox 0.9.14 not loading by xinitrc

Hi, with dsl 3.3 i put some .uci-extensions to xinitrc to load at startup, for ex. firefox, conky and xmahjongg, so that they are mounted and, in the case of conky, running, when fluxbox starts.

The fluxbox_0.9.14.uci i put to bootlocal.sh, so that i can call it in xinitrc instead of the built-in fluxbox_0.1.14 of dsl, and it worked very good.

Now i changed to dsl 4.0rc5 and i cant get fluxbox_0.9.14. The uci is mounted, and the call in xinitrc is the same as in dsl3.3, but it doesn't work.

Here are the .xinitrc-files:

dsl 3.3

# put X windows programs that you want started here.
# Be sure to add at the end of each command the &

KEYTABLE="$(getknoppixparam.lua KEYTABLE)"
DESKTOP="$(getoption.lua $HOME/.desktop wm)"
ICONS="$(getoption.lua $HOME/.desktop icons)"
# xset +fp /opt/fonts/artwiz-aleczapka

umix -lf .umix 2>/dev/null

[ -f .mouse_config ] && sh .mouse_config &

# For non-US Keyboards
if [ ${KEYTABLE:0:2} != "us" ]; then
xmodmap -e "clear Mod4" -e "add Mod5 = Mode_switch" &
fi

if [ "$ICONS" == 1 ]; then
for x in `ls -1 .xtdesktop/*.hide 2>/dev/null`; do rm -f ${x%.*}; done
iconsnap.lua &>/dev/null &
xtdesk.sh
fi
if egrep -qv lowram /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null; then
# dillo /usr/share/doc/dsl/getting_started.html &>/dev/null &
mydsl-load /tmp/xmahjongg.uci
mydsl-load /tmp/firefox-2.0-gtk1.uci
mydsl-load /tmp/conky.uci
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/conky/lib /opt/conky/bin/conky &>/dev/null &

torsmo 2>/dev/null &
fi
export PATH="/opt/fluxbox_0.9.14/bin:$PATH"
case $DESKTOP in
fluxbox )
# fluxter &>/dev/null &
wmswallow -geometry 70x80 docked docked.lua &
exec /opt/fluxbox_0.9.14/bin/fluxbox 2>/dev/null
;;
jwm )
./.background
sleep 2
exec jwm 2>/dev/null
;;
* )
exec /opt/fluxbox_0.9.14/bin/fluxbox 2>/dev/null
;;
esac

dsl 4.0rc5

# put X windows programs that you want started here.
# Be sure to add at the end of each command the &

KEYTABLE="$(getknoppixparam.lua KEYTABLE)"
DESKTOP="$(getoption.lua $HOME/.desktop wm)"
ICONS="$(getoption.lua $HOME/.desktop icons)"
rootMenu.lua "$DESKTOP"

xset +fp /opt/fonts/artwiz-aleczapka

umix -lf .umix 2>/dev/null

[ -f .mouse_config ] && sh .mouse_config &

# For non-US Keyboards
if [ ${KEYTABLE:0:2} != "us" ]; then
xmodmap -e "clear Mod4" -e "add Mod5 = Mode_switch" &
fi

if [ "$ICONS" == "dfm" ]; then
/usr/bin/dfm &
else
# for x in `ls -1 .xtdesktop/*.hide 2>/dev/null`; do rm -f ${x%.*}; done
# iconsnap.lua &>/dev/null &
xsri --scale-width=100 --scale-height=100 /usr/share/dfm/backgrounds/lance-blue.xpm
fi
if egrep -qv lowram /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null; then
# dillo /usr/share/doc/dsl/getting_started.html &>/dev/null &

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/conky/lib /opt/conky/bin/conky &>/dev/null &

# torsmo 2>/dev/null &
fi
export PATH="/opt/fluxbox_0.9.14/bin:$PATH"
case $DESKTOP in
fluxbox )
# fluxter -w &>/dev/null &
exec /opt/fluxbox_0.9.14/bin/fluxbox 2>/dev/null
;;
jwm )
exec jwm 2>/dev/null
;;
swm )
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr
exec swm 2>/dev/null
;;
* )
exec /opt/fluxbox_0.9.14/bin/fluxbox 2>/dev/null
;;
esac

Now i put the mydsl-load-commands too to bootlocal.sh, because when i restart fluxbox, then the ucis are unmounted. In 3.3 i had the same problem.

Could you tell me, why fluxbox_0.9.14 is not loaded.

okango

Where are the extensions located? Perhaps you are actually unmounting them. After boot, could you paste the output of `mount`?

You could remove "2>/dev/null" from "exec /opt/fluxbox_0.9.14/bin/fluxbox 2>/dev/null" and report any errors you see.

Is this a traditional hard drive install?

Since MyDSL extensions seemed to be used in this unintended environment. Perhaps, it is time I should support extensions via mydsl boot options as I do for the intended environment of frugal and liveCD.

At present, the option is ignored when traditionally installed. Perhaps doing so will not only make it easier but consistent in usage and thus easier to support at well.

All uci called in bootlocal.sh are "successfully mounted" and i can see the directorys and files in /opt.

Conky runs after called in xinitrc, but not fluxbox 0.9.14.

And, yes, it is a hard drive install, because my laptop is a armada 4210t without cd and usb.

okango

The default window manager has changed in DSL 4 to jwm. Your .xinitrc would probably work if the default was still fluxbox. What do you have in /home/dsl/.desktop?

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