RoGuE_StreaK
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Posted: Dec. 26 2004,00:38 |
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RE: fluxbox, here's what I did so I can quickly change between the stable version included in DSL, and the 0.9.11 .dsl package:
Starting from a standard DSL boot, I installed 0.9.11 (using the .dsl package I'd included on my CD, using Fordi's MyDSL Maker, or adding under windows via UltraISO trial).
I then edited filetool.lst to include
home/dsl/.fluxbox-0.9.11/
home/dsl/.xinitrc
and edited .xinitrc so that I have both the lines:
fluxbox
#/opt/fluxbox-0.9.11/bin/fluxbox
Note that the line specifying the "unstable" version of fluxbox is commented out.
Then I ran the backup system to create a backup.tar.gz of these settings (which you can later rename whatever you want) on one of my windows partitions.
Rebooted back to windows to use UltraISO (I'm sure you could do the following somehow in DSL, but this is just the way I do it), edited my MyDSL ISO so that the new backup.tar.gz is in the root directory, so it automatically loads.
I have the fluxbox-0.9.11.tar.gz sitting in the "optional" directory of my CD, so that it only installs when I want it to. Saves some RAM if you don't want the new version every time you boot. But you can put it in the root directory if you want it every time.
Anyhoo, with the modified ISO burnt, boot into DSL, and I have the standard fluxbox, with all the settings for the "new" fluxbox ready for if I want to install it. If I want to use the new fluxbox, I just load the tar.gz through the "install optional extras", or through emelfm, then simply edit .xinitrc so that the comment is moved from the "opt/fluxbox..." line to the "fluxbox" - this will tell X to use the "new" fluxbox next time it starts.
Alt-Ctl-BackSpace to exit X, then "startx" to restart with your cool new fluxbox!
Of course, you could edit everything so that X uses the new fluxbox every time, but I've kept it as a kind of "optional extra" just in case, never know if different systems may have issues with something...
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