Ok, I installed xfce4 via synaptic. What and where do I put an entry to start it? I have edited slim.conf and added xfce4 to the sessions line and also edited the .xinitrc. I have tried to put both Xfce4 and xfwm but no go. The option does show up in the slim login but it won't start xfce4.

Suggestions?

eriefisher

Your .xinitrc file should look something like this:

case $1 in
icewm)
exec icewm
;;

xfce)
exec startxfce4
;;

fluxbox)
exec startfluxbox
;;
*)
exec startfluxbox
;;
esac

I actually had Xfce at the top. I moved it to the second position and all works great.

This blows Xubuntu out of the water!!!!

eriefisher

eriefisher,

what version have you got xfce4 on?

I have made an antiX-base-xfce.iso (187MB)

I'll probably upload it tonight for testing/fun purposes.

Have you seen this post?


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john

anticapitalista wrote:eriefisher,

what version have you got xfce4 on?

I have made an antiX-base-xfce.iso (187MB)

I'll probably upload it tonight for testing/fun purposes.

I installed it on top of Lysistrata. It works great. It's perfect for someone that want a panel and icons and still be lightweight.

eriefisher

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john

Sure now you tell me. I'll bookmark this for future reference.

eriefisher

Yes, well, Murphy's Law, I guess. Sorry about that. I did spend a lot of time customizing xfce - mostly menu links and finding/installing xfce's default apps. One thing that I had a hard time with was switching gtk2 themes. Xfce has a settings tool to do it, but it didn't quite work correctly under antix; I suspect that it has something to do with the gtk2 theme switch app included with antix. Somehow using them in conjuction got the job done, though. I never figured out how to get it to work correctly. Otherwise, it was fun, but I did get burned out.

Hey, did you install orage? Cool calendar program that integrates with xfce4 nicely.

john

OU812 wrote:Hey, did you install orage? Cool calendar program that integrates with xfce4 nicely.

john

Just installed it. Nice.

eriefisher