ICE WM through apt
Forum: Apt-get
Topic: ICE WM through apt
started by: wageslave
Posted by wageslave on Nov. 01 2005,18:54
Hi. I had a look on the forums and couldn't find the answer to this anywhere.
How would you go about changing to a version of ICE Wm you downloaded through synaptic rather than the mydsl version?
Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Nov. 01 2005,19:26
If it has already been downloaded and installed then change your ~/.xinitrc file by replacing the "fluxbox" line with "icewm"Good Luck,
Posted by wageslave on Nov. 01 2005,19:37
thanks for getting back to me so quick. I'll give that a go and see what happens! -Unfortunately I can't find the xintric file!
I thought it'd be under /etc/X11 but it ain't there?
Any ideas? I'm using DSL 1.5
Posted by brianw on Nov. 02 2005,03:54
Just to let you know the tilde (~) character means your home directory. So if you are logged in as dsl then your ~ directory is /home/dsl. Therefore the file would be /home/dsl/.xinitrcYou can use the ~ character anywhere you would type your home directory (i.e. cd /home/dsl = cd ~).
Posted by another problem on Nov. 19 2005,16:27
Hi, so it was just today that i had a chance to try this out. It worked like a charm - thanks!(To anyone else who wants to try it out -
I couldn't find the xinitrc file using emelfm, i didn't realise at them time but its a hdden file. I could find it using midnight commander but didn't know how to save a file once you edited it.
What i did do was download the Rox .mydsl extension. This is a file browser that can be set to show hidden files. I used this to open the file in Beaver and edit as per instructions above).
Posted by clacker on Nov. 19 2005,17:06
emelfm can show hidden files. There is a square "h" button that toggles the visibility of hidden files. They are invisible by default but can can be shown. Both of the two panels have their own "h" button so you can set them to be visible in one panel and hidden in the other.
Posted by wageslave on Nov. 19 2005,19:20
no i find out!typical