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Latest revision as of 07:22, 19 April 2023

Openbox on Alpine Linux

I tried installing Openbox on the latest version of Alpine Linux Standard, following precisely instructions given on this site, but it doesn't work. I get an error message. Can someone try this installation on a live system and tell me if it works? If I am right, please send me a correct set of instructions. Many thanks. Cecile

Hi,

You are correct. There are missing steps.

You should probably add a user, install and enable dbus, enable udev service...

But, especially, to use startx, edit ~/.xinitrc and add exec openbox-session at the end. After that startx has a better chance of working.

If this helps, let us know and we can change the wiki. Bbbhltz (talk) 07:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

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 == Openbox on Alpine Linux ==
-I tried installing Openbox on the latest version of Alpine Linux Standard, following precisely instructions given on this site, but it doesn't work. I get an error message. Can someone try this installation on a live system and tell me if it works? Please send me a correct set of instructions. Many thanks. Cecile
+I tried installing Openbox on the latest version of Alpine Linux Standard, following precisely instructions given on this site, but it doesn't work. I get an error message. Can someone try this installation on a live system and tell me if it works? If  I am right, please send me a correct set of instructions. Many thanks. Cecile
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+Hi,
+You are correct. There are missing steps.
+You should probably add a user, install and enable dbus, enable udev service...
+But, especially, to use startx, edit ~/.xinitrc and add <code>exec openbox-session</code> at the end. After that startx has a better chance of working.
+If this helps, let us know and we can change the wiki. [[User:Bbbhltz|Bbbhltz]] ([[User talk:Bbbhltz|talk]]) 07:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)