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secipolla
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
#16
Pierre, I'm not in antiX now so i'm not sure but you may try

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icewm-session
and see if it at least starts IceWM.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#17
To edit /etc/slim.conf without out

nano /etc/slim.conf

Use keyboard to scroll to lines, backspace to delete and then type.
To save F3 then Ctrl+X
Last edited by anticapitalista on 01 Nov 2009, 13:18, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: wrong file name -thanks secipolla
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secipolla
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
#18
Edit- anti, answered before i posted but: anti, it's /etc/slim.conf? What lines does Pierre have to add (in case he hasn't written it down)?
Below is what I had written, maybe it's somewhat useful.

One thing you may try is (it won't do any harm) while you're at the command line and logged as root,

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nano /etc/slim.conf
and see if this file is there. Look how is mine:

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# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path        ./:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments   -dpi 96 -nolisten tcp

# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd          /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd         /usr/bin/urxvt -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T"Console login" -e /bin/sh -c"/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd        /usr/sbin/suspend

# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path         /usr/bin/xauth 

# Xauth file for server
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth
# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
numlock             on

# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
hidecursor          true

# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
#
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd           exec /bin/sh - ~/.xsession %session
login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session

# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
#
# sessionstart_cmd    some command
# sessionstop_cmd    some command

# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can overridden by the command line
# option"-d"
# daemon    yes

# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions            fluxbox,lxde,xfce,fvwm-crystal,kde,gnome,openbox,icewm

# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd      scrot /tmp/slim.png

# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg         (Press F1 to toggle sessions)

# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg       The system is shutting down...
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...

# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to"yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password      no

# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to 
# randomly choose from
current_theme       antiX

# Lock file
lockfile            /var/run/slim.lock

# Log file
logfile             /var/log/slim.log

# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to"yes" to enable this feature
#auto_login          yes

# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user        demo
Also you must have ~/.xinitrc (now you must be logged to your username):

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#xset m 10 2
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 2 3 4 5'

case $1 in
icewm)
    exec icewm-session
    ;;

lxde) 
        exec startlxde
        ;;

xfce)
        exec startxfce4
        ;;

fvwm-crystal)
        exec fvwm-crystal 
        ;;

kde)
        exec startkde
        ;;

gnome)
        exec gnome-session
        ;;

openbox)
        exec openbox-session
        ;;

fluxbox)
    exec startfluxbox
    ;;
*)
    exec icewm-session
    ;;
esac
If you don't have the .xinitrc file, open nano (logged as a normal user, not root) and create this basic one at ~/.xinitrc

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#xset m 10 2
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 2 3 4 5'

case $1 in
icewm)
    exec icewm-session
    ;;

fluxbox)
    exec startfluxbox
    ;;
*)
    exec icewm-session
    ;;
esac
And in /etc/slim.conf the lines that may be important are:

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default_path        ./:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
default_xserver     /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments   -dpi 96 -nolisten tcp
halt_cmd            /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd          /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd         /usr/bin/urxvt -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T"Console login" -e /bin/sh -c
xauth_path         /usr/bin/xauth 
authfile           /var/run/slim.auth
numlock             on   >maybe not needed
hidecursor          true   >maybe not needed
login_cmd           exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
sessions            fluxbox,icewm
screenshot_cmd      scrot /tmp/slim.png   >maybe not needed
welcome_msg         (Press F1 to toggle sessions)   >maybe not needed
shutdown_msg       The system is shutting down...   >maybe not needed
reboot_msg         The system is rebooting...   >maybe not needed
current_theme       antiX
lockfile            /var/run/slim.lock
logfile             /var/log/slim.log
I put '>maybe not needed' at the lines that may have only cosmetic effect.
anticapitalista
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#19
Yes, secipolla, my error (I'll edit the post)

The lines that need changing are these 2:

default_xserver /usr/bin/X
xauth_path /usr/bin/xauth
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Pierre771
Joined: 15 May 2009
#20
Hello

too complicated and finally I reinstalled M8.2 with the CD.

I explain the rest in another topic.
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mariel77
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#21
I haven't updated my antiX install in a bit. I would like to upgrade it using the testing repos.
Will this still work (as posted above) without breaking anything?
#aptitude update
#aptitude dist-upgrade

(and choose the first option)
Or should I use"aptitude safe-upgrade"
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Thanks!