when i do apt-get install x-window-system apt-get install fluxbox
on a base install of Debian stable then startx,i go strait into fluxbox and reboot, i get a debian login screen, which when logging in takes me strait to fluxbox. The login screen does not have any options apart from username/password, nothing there for different desktops or shutdown or such. but it does work. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent West > Sent: 27 April 2006 11:57am > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New user need some help > > > Ken Walker wrote: > > apt-get install x-windows-system > > apt-get install 'whatever gui you want' such as icewm or > fluxbox or kde or > > ..................................... > > startx > > > > when you reboot you will have a gui login window and that > will then take you > > strait into your chosen windows manager. > > > Not necessarily. The GUI login window (kdm, gdm, xdm, or wdm) does not > get installed by default with Icewm or fluxbox, as I recall. > It does get > installed with KDE and Gnome. So sometimes "yes", sometimes "no". > > But if you don't have a gui login window, you can still use "startx" > manually. > > The command "apt-get install x-window-system" (note the lack of an "s" > on "window"), or "aptitude install x-window-system" > (preferred by some > to apt-get, but does much the same thing) will install a basic, > functional GUI, the X Window System. However, it does not > install either > of the two most popular "skins"on top of X, KDE or Gnome, nor does it > install some of the other popular "skins" (more properly > called "window > managers" or "desktop environments", depending on which "skin" you're > discussing) such as Icewm or fluxbox. That's the purpose of the second > command, "apt-get install kde" or "aptitude install gnome" or > "aptitude > install icewm" or "apt-get install fluxbox" etc etc etc. If > you install > KDE, the gui login window (kdm) also gets installed, and it > will have a > pull-down menu to select which window manager / desktop > environment (wm > / de) you wish to log into (provided you've installed multiple > wm's/de's. So, if you have plenty of drive space, and want to > experiment > with several different wm's/de's, you can "aptitude install > x-window-system kde gnome icewm fluxbox metacity ion" (and > etc etc; run > "apt-cache search window | grep manager" for a more complete > listing of > possible wm's). > > -- > Kent > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]