How do I start WM?

[Holger Krull]

Am 25.02.2010 03:54, schrieb Kenneth Wolcott:


> If I don't set the DISPLAY environment variable then it complains
> about it not being set.
>
> If I do set the DISPLAY environment variable then it complains about
> not being able to use it.
>
> $ openbox-session
> which: no hsetroot in [PATH content deleted]
> which: no esetroot in [PATH content deleted]
> xsetroot:  unable to open display 'KWOLCOTT-T61:0.0'
> which: no gnome-settings-daemon in [PATH content deleted]
> which: no xfce-mcs-manager in [PATH content deleted]
> which: no start_kdeinit in [PATH content deleted]
> Openbox-Message: Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY
> environment variable.
>

This is expected, i just wanted to see if it was complaining about 
anything else.

I can confirm problems with openbox. It does not start everytime i try 
on my computer and i get the same behavior that you described, a short 
view of the black background.

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