[oclug] idesk & fluxbox

Matt R robineau at gmail.com
Sat Feb 12 22:24:48 EST 2005


When I used Fluxbox and Idesk, I made idesk launch from my .xinitrc
file. You might want to try adding the command you put in FBRUN into
your xinitrc or sessions (etc..)


On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:22:30 -0500, GR Gaudreau <grgaud at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm presently running fluxbox as my wm and it's really cool, but I miss
> not having icons on my desktop, especially for my family. I change
> desktops periodically and they're not sure how the menus work when I go
> from one to the other, so icons are a big plus.
> 
> I've downloaded idesk, but I can get it to run with fluxbox. I've read
> the docs on it and even tried the example files, but it just doesn't
> want to work. If I try to start it using fbrun, it doesn't start.
> 
> I have the mandatory ~/.idesktop and ~/.ideskrc directories with the
> proper files in them, but it still doesn't work. Any ideas, or perhaps
> some example files? Thanks.
> 
> --
> Salut
> GR
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