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[ubuntu] "startx" is trying to start gnome

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi, I have been working with a minimal install using only xserver and fluxbox. I was fairly happy with logging in from the terminal and then typing "startx" to get into my fluxbox session, but I tried installing lightdm for the heck of it. After that, everything stopped working... so I booted into recovery mode and removed lightdm and the other stuff it installed. Now however, when I type "startx" it won't load fluxbox, but rather tries to load gnome and says "failed to load gnome". I can create a .xinitrc file in my home directory and enter exec startfluxbox and (Hardware)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 08/26/2012

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