Posts: 2
entwistle
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
#1
How do I change the default window manager from icewm to fluxbox in Antix 8. It's a great distro but I find that icewm looks rather"clunky" compared to the clean and simple fluxbox set up.

Thanks
Posts: 903
plvera
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
#2
Hello:

this worked for me. change the last line of .xinitrc (as root) from

*)
exec ice-wm session
;;

to

*)
exec startfluxbox
;;

I hope it works for you.

Pedro
Posts: 1,081
OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#3
You don't need to be root to edit .xinitrc as it's in your /home/user folder. An easy way to edit the file is to do

control center > desktop > edit login options

john
Posts: 903
plvera
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
#4
John:

thanks for pointing out the control center option. That is definitely a better way of doing it.

Pedro
Posts: 2
entwistle
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
#5
Thanks for that, works a treat.
Best wishes