On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:11:35PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 10 Mar 2015, Derek Jansen wrote: > > > Openbox refuses to start after its installation. I get dropped into > > TTY1. Using startx works, but Debian will not automatically bring my > > to TTY7 for Openbox to start. > > This is normal. (And the way I wanted it.) I use Openbox only -- no DE > or login manager -- as part of a custom install of Wheezy. > > You could try putting startx or starting openbox directly > in /etc/rc.local.
Won't that start X as root, though? It's probably better to put startx at the end of your .profile/.bashrc/.zshrc/..., perhaps with a guard around it to check its not already running. > > > I’ve installed xorg and openbox using apt-get build-dep first then > > apt-get install xorg openbox second. I finished with a reboot, but > > I’m about at my wits end. > > > > I’ve been looking around for about 4 hours on the Debian site and > > other forums, but they all seem to be missing a step that I’m not > > understanding. > > The best I can suggest is the Openbox docs from the Openbox site. > Also, do a search in Arch Linux's documentation area. They have > excellent, detailed instructions that I referenced when setting up my > Wheezy system. > > B > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/20150310221135.2f26c...@debian7.boseck208.net >
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