KDE to Fluxbox in Knoppix Persistent

[arinlares]

I managed to get Knoppix to work in a persistent image using Qemu, which is running in Windows XP. The main issue i run into is i can only set 128MB of RAM to be able to do online research to apply in changing Knoppix. I'm just above the minimal RAM requirement for Knoppix with KDE, and want to change to something light-weight (namely Fluxbox). I checked this site, which is the site that provided the tutorial for setting up Knoppix, and found cheatcodes for Knoppix. So, i figured i'd try it. I entered

knoppix desktop=fluxbox

and got an an output from the Terminal (i used a root session) of

 command knopix not recognized

, so i tried to download Fluxbox from the site. the download failed, so i'll try again later, but, what is the process for changing a WM? (step by step). I've tried searching on google for specifics, but had no luck.

[i92guboj]

I know next to nothing about knoppix, but those cheatcodes are you call them seem to be boot options. If that's correct, you need to enter them *before* linux is booted. You should see a boot menu, probably showing "boot: " at the bottom-left corner of your screen. Or maybe you need to press some key to enter additional boot options or whatever.

It is at that prompt that you should have to enter this options, and not in the regular prompt after booting.

How to change the default WM for a given distro is a distro dependent thing, there's no universal answer to that. I don't know how knoppix configured the default wm.

[arinlares]

well, the site i went to calls them cheat codes... is there another name? i'll try later, see if i can find the right spot. also, how else can I change the WM?

EDIT: I got it to work. I switched to Fluxbox, then to IceWM after booting. I'm going to redo it and stay in fluxbox, if possible.

[i92guboj]

well, the site i went to calls them cheat codes... is there another name?

Well, they are boot parameters that you pass to the kernel at boot time. Not that the name matters though.

also, how else can I change the WM?

It really depends on the distro and the login manager that you use. If you login in text mode and then use "startx" to open your desktop, then you can configure whatever in your $HOME/.xinitrc, but if you use a graphical login manager like kdm or gdm, then the thing is a bit more complicated, and it's been years since I've had a graphical login manager installed, so I don't really know.

Most distros have an easy way to configure this, via some file in the /etc or an option on a control panel.

[arinlares]

also, i think, at least with knoppix, there are families of WMs, or at least they're linked. if i use fluxbox, i get the options, in the system menu when it boots, of iceWM, and some other one. i had a hard time getting it from KDE, but now, i think i'm all set. Also, thanks for your help. i did have to press a button at the boot screen.