[openbox] cannot get Openbox to start on Ubuntu 9.04

Dana Jansens danakj at orodu.net
Sat Aug 8 03:33:23 EDT 2009


2009/8/8 Schild, ChristianHelge <ChristianHelge.Schild at delaval.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I installed Ubuntu 9.04 as a minimal system without a GUI. Then I added via aptitude the packages xorg (v1:7.4~5ubuntu18), openbox (3.4.7.2-3), openbox-themes (1.0.2), obconf (2.0.3-build1) und obmenu (1.0-1ubuntu1).
>
> When I try to start Openbox from the commandline via openbox-session I get the error messages:
>
> xsetroot: unable to oprn display ''
> Openbox-Message: Couldn't set locale from environment.
> Openbox-Message: Failed to open the display from the Display environment variable.
>
> I then created a .xinitrd:

making it a .xinitrc instead might help, if thats the file it looks for.


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