[openbox] How to lunch Openbox

David Templer david.templer at virgin.net
Sun Jul 11 10:27:00 EDT 2004


jolupa wrote:

> Well.
> I dont have the xsession folder on etc/X11 i cant found it.
> im using Mandrake 10.0 Official, and i found that Mandrake is a kind 
> of Microsoft, the archives the people told me to modify i cant find them.
> Can i create the folder or they is making problems with the Mandrake.
> Thanx.
>
> David Templer escribió:
>
>> jolupa wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>> I want that Openbo, replaces the Gnome as Desktop, but i dont know 
>>> how to add OpenBox to the GDM Chooser.
>>> Im using Mandrake 10.0 and compiled OpenBox (3.2) from sources.
>>> Thank U.
>>>
>> Take a look in /etc/X11/sessions....
>>
>> create a file called openbox.desktop like this.... (put it in 
>> /etc/X11/sessions)
>>
>> [*Desktop* Entry]
>> Encoding=UTF-8
>> Name=Fluxbox
>> Exec=fluxbox
>> TryExec=fluxbox
>> # no icon yet, only the top three are currently used
>> Icon=
>> Type=Application
>>
>> Hope that helps...
>>
>> Dave T.
>>
>>
>
>
I use Arch Linux so I cannot tell you where Mandrake stores them but I 
would try either the command whereis or locate or find maybe you will 
have more luck

HTH

Dave





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