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Topic: Can't get fluxbox back, startup

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Alkeli

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,20:55

Ok so I installed IceWM thu MyDSL and now whenever I startup my laptop, I get JWM and have to switch to fluxbox(with no computer monitor in the corner). how can I get it to startup as fluxbox like it was before?

DSL 2.2 with a frugal HD install.

Thanks

mikshaw

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,21:02

Which icewm did you install? There are a couple of them that overwrite .xinitrc, which breaks things in recent versions of DSL, including the desktop switching.
If you installed one of those, you may need to retrieve a fresh .xinitrc file from /etc/skel/
I made a uci version of icewm not long ago that does not touch your personal configs...feel free to try that one (in "testing" section at the the time of this post).

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Alkeli

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,21:11

It was just the icewm-lite from myDSL. And my /etc/skel is empty. Where can I find xinitrc?

Alkeli

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Posted: Feb. 20 2006,21:33

Ok nevermind, dumbass moment (forgot about the dots) ok so I looked at my .xinitrd files in /home/dsl and in /etc/skel and they're both very different, should I just copy the one from /etc/skel to my /home/dsl directory?

mikshaw

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Posted: Feb. 21 2006,01:16

Yes. The icewm extension overwrote your .xinitrc file with its own (see...i TOLD you guys that was a bad idea, but did you listen? Nooooooo. Applications should NEVER overwrite personal config files).
It broke the use of multiple desktops and anything else that is run from .xinitrc.

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