configuring fluxbox on os x

John Maclean jayeola at gmail.com
Tue May 11 04:45:30 PDT 2010


On 09/05/2010 18:46, Andrea D'Amore wrote:
>
> Try
>
> exec /opt/local/bin/fluxbox
>
> you could have seen the error in Console.app
>

That line has been added to ~/.xinitrc. can any one unravel this extract 
from the console.app to see why fluxbox is not being run?

__extract from console.app__

11/05/2010 11:01:27	defaults[2348]	
The domain/default pair of (org.x.X11, dpi) does not exist
11/05/2010 11:01:27	org.x.startx[2260]	xauth:  creating new authority 
file /Users/jayeola/.serverauth.2260
11/05/2010 11:01:27	org.x.startx[2260]	Xquartz: Unable to locate waiting 
server: org.x.X11
11/05/2010 11:01:27	org.x.startx[2260]	Xquartz: X11.app = 
/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11
11/05/2010 11:01:27	org.x.startx[2260]	Xquartz: Starting X server: 
/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 --listenonly
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	X11.app: main(): argc=2
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]		argv[0] = 
/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]		argv[1] = --listenonly
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	Waiting for startup parameters 
via Mach IPC.
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	X11.app: Listening on socket for 
fd handoff:  (4) /var/tmp/tmp.0.3Rq5Ct
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	X11.app: Thread created for 
handoff.  Returning success to tell caller to connect and push the fd.
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	Xquartz: Handoff connection 
established (try 1 of 5) on fd 7, "/var/tmp/tmp.0.3Rq5Ct".  Sending message.
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	Xquartz: Message sent.  Closing 
handoff fd.
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	X11.app: do_start_x11_server(): 
argc=6
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]		argv[0] = /usr/X11/bin/X
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	X11.app: Received new $DISPLAY 
fd: 6 ... sleeping to allow xinitrc to catchup.
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]		argv[1] = :0
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]		argv[2] = -nolisten
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]		argv[3] = tcp
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]		argv[4] = -auth
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]		argv[5] = 
/Users/jayeola/.serverauth.2260
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	Xquartz starting:
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	X.Org X Server 1.4.2-apple53
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	Build Date: 20100211
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules 
file /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
11/05/2010 11:01:29	org.x.startx[2260]	(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules 
file /usr/X11/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
11/05/2010 11:01:30	org.x.privileged_startx[2298]	font_cache: Updating 
FC cache
11/05/2010 11:01:30	org.x.startx[2260]	font_cache: Done
11/05/2010 11:01:32	org.x.privileged_startx[2298]	font_cache: Done
11/05/2010 11:01:32	org.x.startx[2260]	X11.app Handing off fd to server 
thread via DarwinListenOnOpenFD(6)
11/05/2010 11:01:32	org.x.startx[2260]	DarwinListenOnOpenFD: 6


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John Maclean
MSc. (DIC) BSc. (Hons)
Linux Systems and Applications
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