Ice WM

Forum: myDSL Extensions (deprecated)
Topic: Ice WM
started by: S3tH

Posted by S3tH on Aug. 07 2004,12:08

I used MyDSL to load Ice WM and now I can't get out of it. Can someone give me a hand and let me know how I can uninstall or at least get out of Ice? When I right click the desktop none of the dsl extensions come up and I can't get to whitebox to edit said list. I'm at a loss.

Seth

Posted by mpie on Aug. 07 2004,13:39

right click you should see an option fluxbox......click, simple......

Posted by S3tH on Aug. 07 2004,23:44

There is no fluxbox option in any of the menus or sub menus. I've tried loading fluxbox as root but it tells me I can't because a WM is running already. However, when I try to exit Ice I don't get a command prompt for some reason so I am unable to start up fluxbox.

What I would like to do is change the default wm from ice to fluxbox, but I dont know what file I need to edit for that do be changed during the boot.

If anyone has any suggestions they would be appreciated.

Seth

Posted by mpie on Aug. 07 2004,23:54

that will be xinitrc in home/dsl hidden type make sure fluxbox is last vinible line if icewm is last line comment it out with #

Posted by clacker on Aug. 08 2004,00:00

S3tH, have you tried editing you /home/dsl/.xinitrc file? That's the file the starts programs automatically when you "log in." Add fluxbox as the last line.

Posted by clacker on Aug. 08 2004,00:01

sorry. mpie, I didn't see your post before I posted.

Posted by mpie on Aug. 08 2004,00:06

dim problem...... that reassures me I'm learning ok as still only 2.5 months into linux , so as you can appreciate it's quite a step the last progaming/ admin experience prior to this was writing games with a c64.....?

yep I fell that far out of the loop silly me

Posted by S3tH on Aug. 08 2004,01:07

Once again, the forums come in to save me.

Before and after I posted that I had been looking for that file... but couldn't for the life of me get my eyes on it. That whole time it was simply hidden. (Ouch, my already small ego shrinks further)

Thanks guys