On Tue, 2 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm using it on a mandrake box ver 7.02 with a cyrix 150mhz
> processor 48 megs ram and 10 gigs hdd. will that run it?
> I have another box PII 300 128 megs ram 16 gigs but I don't
> want to change it till I see if I like it.
You can just start an xinit session (just starting X without any window
manager) by typing xinit on a command line. If you already have a running
X, add the "-- :1" (without quotes) paramter to the command line.
When you have your xinit running, you can run any wm you want from within
the xterm displayed in it. So, if you have blackbox installed, you just
type blackbox in the xterm.
>
> and what is the easiest way to install I went to the site
> and there's 2 kinds Source.tar.gz download
> Source.tar.bz2 download
>
> which do I use?
Those are exactly the same. Only the method to decompress the sources will
change :
with the .tar.gz file, you uncompress it with :
tar zxf Source.tar.gz
or gunzip -c Source.tar.gz |tar xf -
With the .tar.bz2 file :
tar yxf Source.tar.bz2 (I'm not sure of this one)
or bzcat Source.tar.bz2 |tar xf - (this one will sure work)
Whatever file you choose, you will end with a directory with the sources
in it. Usually, you just have to cd to that directory, then run :
./configure
make
su -c "make install"
But it is safe to read the README or the INSTALL file provided with the
sources before doing that.
But if you have a mdk distro, the easiest way would be to install the rpm
package. (Isn't it provided with the mdk CD? I'm not sure, since I don't
use mandrake anymore).
> I also noticed that there are not any docs
> that I can see for install instructions.
I hope my above instructions will help you. But if it isn't the case, go
to to the blackbox site for more info (http://blackbox.alug.org/)
> I am a newbie but
> wanted a faster X session so I would like to try it.
Trust me, you'll have that with blackbox! :-)
HTH
Flupke
> Any
> direction or suggestions with this would be greatly
> appreciated. many thanks
>
> MF
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 1 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > I just saw the message about blackbox. Has anyone tried it
> > > and if so how does it compare to say a more standard X?
> > >
> > I usually use blackbox. I like it. It's fast and light, but of course,
> > it's a bit 'nude' in front of KDE, GNOME, or even enlightenment.
> > I'd advice you to try it to make your own idea.
> > If you want to start it without quitting your currently running Xwindow,
> > just go to a console abd type :
> > xinit -e blackbox -- :1
> > and it will open a new X server running blackbox.
> >
> > Flupke
> >
> > > Mike
> > >
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