Aterm on Blackbox

[shebang]

I just downloaded Aterm because I wanted a transparent terminal and I am using Blackbox. Is there any way to start aterm as soon as BlackBox starts up?

I tried putting this under my .xinitrc in my /root/

exec aterm -tr

but it doesn't work. Any Ideas how to make Aterm show up in the Blackbox Menus or Starting it up as soon as BB starts up? Thanks!

[gorn]

You should not be startx'ing as root, there is no reason to be root to enter the gui, if you need it once there use su or sudo.

As for getting it started, where in your .xinitrc did you put it? you want it before the exec blackbox line, after won't work.

[shebang]

alright! Thanks! got it working! um.. i downloaded a new theme and add it to my

/usr/X11R6/share/blackbox/styles/

and it shows up as one of the options but the background is not visible. and there is no /usr/X11R6/share/blackbox/styles/backgrounds

or ~./blackbox/styles/backgrounds/

how can I fix this background issue. ?

Thanks!

[countach44]

I haven't used blackbox, but maybe there is no background set for your theme? (on purpose) Also, look for patterns in the other themes and see if there's anything related to the background.

[Baron_Flambe]

Assuming that you unpacked your new theme under your home directory, the background should be in ~/.blackbox/backgrounds

If it's there, you now need to look at why it's not being displayed. Go into your ~/.blackbox/styles directory and vi newtheme. Scroll down and you should see a line related to the background image. Check that the path is to where the image actually is.

I use FluxBox, and have found a few themes where the background image line in the style doesn't point to the right place. It might also be worth checking to see what program it uses to set the background as some use xv which may not be installed. Personally I like to use Eterm, so I change the line to read Esetroot /path/to/background. This works for me.

NB. I can't remember whether Esetroot should have a capital 'E' or not, and don't have internet access at home at the moment so I can't check and post from there.

Hope this helps, Chris

[shebang]

Thanks! I will check it out!

[shebang]

;D Got it working! Thanks! (i got it working under my normal account as well as root)

[Baron_Flambe]

Cool. 8) What was the problem?

Chris

[shebang]

Like you said it was pointing at the wrong folder for the background. It works awesome now! The thing is all the themes that I installed today had the same problem. ??? BUt thanks for helping me out!

[Baron_Flambe]

You're welcome, glad I could help! It does seem to be a common problem with Blackbox / FluxBox themes. Easy to fix when you know about it though.

Chris