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I am working on a ETX-BT Atom board. I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 with "mini.iso" using the Unetbootin utility. Now Ubuntu is running fine.

I am trying to configure the GUI interface to use a window manger.

I am trying to configure Fluxbox, but I'm unable to run it.

I am getting the below error when I run /usr/bin/fluxbox:

Error: Couldn't connect to Xserver passing Null Display

Could you please share your suggestions or inputs to solve this problem?

mrudula
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Try this:

Run in a terminal:

sudo -i
apt-get update
apt-get install  software-properties-common
apt-get dist-upgrade

apt-get install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xfonts-base xinit x11-xserver-utils x11-apps x11-session-utils x11-utils xinput xorg lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter oxygen-icon-theme flashplugin-installer gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg libcurl3 libnotify4 libtag1-vanilla dkms gvfs gvfs-backends policykit-1 udisks2 synaptic fluxbox fluxconf idesk rox-filer

dpkg --configure -a
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
reboot

Edited: Minimal fluxbox install

Run in a terminal:

sudo -i
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install xorg gvfs gvfs-backends policykit-1 udisks2 fluxbox fluxconf idesk rox-filer
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
reboot
kyodake
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