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Slow on some distros?

Fluxbox can be very slow on some Linux distributions such as RH 9 and Ubuntu. One possible reason is that the Xfree server cannot handle UTF-8 font request very well.

Is this outdated? I believe Ubuntu runs X.Org, and it runs Fluxbox fine. Twinxor t 02:57, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It is not outdated! On a default install of Ubuntu, it takes a ridiculously long time to start up, 55 seconds to start session, with xorg hogging 98% of cpu. No such problem on plain debian, or slackware for that instance. Someone posted about this on Ubuntu forums in March; one suggestion that might work is to do a "export LC_ALL=C" before starting fluxbox. Try adding this line at the top of /etc/gdm/Xsession.

Yeah, it's work! I'm using ubuntu feisty 7.04. And the starting time now 2 sec, until now it was 12 sec on sempron 3000+. Thanks a lot!

I run Fluxbox on a 350MHz/128MB machine, with Debian Sarge and XFree86, and it just takes about 2 seconds to start. 213.94.246.2 17:58, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're wrong though. Fluxbox SPECIFICALLY had a bug in ALL previous versions(earlier than 0.9.14) where fluxbox would take up to an ENTIRE minute to startup if the system was set to use UTF-8(Most modern distros, including Ubuntu/Fedora/SuSe, or ANY non-western european distro that uses utf8). It was fixed in 0.9.14 though. The bug specifically caused long startup times, very slow operation, and cpu usage of 100%, and is 100% reproducable on any system running on utf8. It was fast for you because you did not use utf8, but a standard locale. Liquidtenmillion 21:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Runs great on my 750mhz/512mb ancient Lenovo with LinguasOS. Starts up in a jiffy. --Anthonybaldwin (talk) 02:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fluxbox is an X window manager based on Blackbox 0.61.1.

The obvious followup question is: so what exactly differentiates Fluxbox from Blackbox? ⇔ ChristTrekker 18:45, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just did a bit of a cleanup, feel free to do some editing of your own. —— Eagle101^{Need help?} 15:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

which toolkit libs?

GTK+, Qt (toolkit), or wxWidgets? The Blackbox article doesn't say either.
--Jerome Potts 18:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Panel for window switching

What does this mean? I use Fluxbox, and I'm not sure what feature this refers to... A Google search for '+"Panel for window switching" fluxbox' points exclusively to this article (and copies of it). Is there a less confusing way to express this idea? 24.250.100.241 (talk) 06:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The "panel" is called the "Toolbar" and it usually has a set of arrows that allows you to navigate through the virutal desktops. 70.186.172.75 (talk) 13:09, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps that windows show as icons in the desktop panel, and you can click on them to change from one window to another? Of course, one can tab through deskopts with alt-F(no. of desktop), and tab through windows with alt-tab, as well. For that matter, with Fluxbox you can set all of your own keybindings, any way you like, by simply editing a pretty straightforward text file. One of my favorite features. I've got the nearly everything keyboard controlled... --Anthonybaldwin (talk) 02:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

added distros

I added mention of PCFluxboxOS and LinguasOS, both of which use Fluxbox as their default wm.--Anthonybaldwin (talk) 02:11, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake regarding startup?

The fluxbox wiki entry states that 'everything that's run at startup is kept in the .fluxbox/init file.'

I do believe that everything that is ran on startup is in '.fluxbox/startup' NOT stored in '.fluxbox/init' as the latter is for settings.

I don't want to edit the article until I get confirmation that I'm correct.

The full paragraph is below:

'Customization is done by editing configuration files in the .fluxbox subdirectory in the user's home directory. Keyboard shortcuts are stored in the .fluxbox/keys file, menu layout is in the .fluxbox/menu file, and everything that's run at startup is kept in the .fluxbox/init file.

Each file has its own syntax so check the fluxbox documentation before editing any of the files in the .fluxbox directory.'

If I am right regarding the mix-up between init and startup, I'll also add that .init is for settings.

Fiendishfish (talk) 16:45, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Recommend adding a list of distributions that run Fluxbox

A list of distributions that have a special Fluxbox edition would be helpful.

And also a list of those that are capable of running Fluxbox, but do not have it preinstalled. The LXDE page as a similar list of distributions.

Cheers, :-) telewatho (talk) 07:42, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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