fluxbox

[David Curtis]

On Friday 28 November 2008 18:04:07 David Curtis wrote:
> On Friday 28 November 2008 14:47:49 Donny George wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:24 AM, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 08:47 -0800, Donny George wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:16 AM, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >         On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 15:44 +0100, Donny George wrote:
> > > >         > hello
> > > >         >
> > > >         > Recently i installed an ubuntu system with fluxbox to
> > > >         > reduce
> > > >
> > > >         system
> > > >
> > > >         > load, though i like the idea of light weight gui i am
> > > >         > having
> > > >
> > > >         a tough
> > > >
> > > >         > time with it. Could someone guide me to a thread or link by
> > > >
> > > >         which i
> > > >
> > > >         > can do some basic operations like open a mozilla, as i dont
> > > >
> > > >         know how
> > > >
> > > >         > to do it
> > > >
> > > >         Right click on the desktop, and then you can do most thing
> > > >         from the
> > > >         menu.
> > > >         You get a panel on the bottom of the desktop, and you can 
add
> > > >         more
> > > >         desktops - this is the place where you switch desktop, click
> > > >         on the
> > > >         arrows to change desktop.
> > > >
> > > >         > Hope someone helps me
> > > >         >
> > > >         > --
> > > >         > Donny George
> > > >
> > > > hello
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > wat about adding mozilla or using mozilla
> > >
> > > You should open synaptic and then install mozilla, which seems to also
> > > be called seamonkey.
> > >
> > > You should also be able to instead open a konsole (the program used 
to
> > > run commands from the command line), and then run:
> > >
> > > sudo apt-get -f install seamonkey
> > >
> > > which should also install the program
> > >
> > > Then it should show up in the meny you get when you right click on 
the
> > > desktop, and then you can start using the program
> > >
> > > > don
> > >
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> > i already installed mozilla from the command line and wen i try to open
> > it with the command firefox -p it says
> >
> > Error: no display specified
>
> My guess is, your trying to run firefox in a VT, i.e. Ctrl-Alt-F1. This
> cannot be done.
>
> > just was wondering why this happened, as it seems to be a problem with
>
> the
>
> > displaz will it be the same with the seamonkey _
>
> Yes.
>
> You need to right-click and look for anything thats a terminal emulator
> program like xterm, rxvt etc. Then you'll have a 'command line' within
> xorg.
>
> You might want to check out fluxconf [0] and fluxmenu [1] which
> unfortunately is not in the repos, to help configure fluxbox. Also a google
> for fluxbox returns a myriad of resources for using fluxbox.
>
Please ignore my above comment about fluxmenu. It is included in the 
package fluxconf.

Dave