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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:42:33 +0000
From: Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr>
To: Campbells <kaygarme@slingshot.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: Help with Fluxbox
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:14:04PM +1200, Campbells wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed Fluxbox from the ports collection (latest version).  I subsequently added this line at the end of my xinitrc file:
> 
> exec /usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox
> 
> Now when I run startx nothing has changed!  It isn't running fluxbox as its windowmanager!  So I type startfluxbox and it doesn't start, presumably becuase a windowmanager is already running (the standard Xorg manager).
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
> 
> Gareth

You'll have to modify your ~/..xinitrc file.
Just add the following at the end  of the file:

startfluxbox