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I'm having trouble running docks in Fluxbox. For example, I installed Awn but awn manager just flashed on the screen and disappeared. So I got rid of awn and installed kooldock. But that, too, just flashed on the screen and disappeared.

What do I do?

Hi!

I haven't yet tried Fluxbox with AWN and I've never tried kooldock at all... But I think the problem (esp with AWN) is that it requires compositing. Normally it is run with Compiz which itself is a window manager, like Fluxbox. And you can only have one window manager running at a time. So, I think your best bet would be to try running Fluxbox with compositing enabled using xcompmgr... and then trying to run AWN in this setup. I don't know much about kooldock to give you any real advice...

What I do suggest is that you have a look at wbar: http://code.google.com/p/wbar/

I have never run wbar either... let alone have it configured with Fluxbox... but you could give it a shot. It might work better than the other two.

I just tried messing around a bit with wbar... and I've got a decent setup... it is not perfect though.

First, install the wbar .deb package from the link I gave you above.

Second, create a file ~/.fluxbox/apps in your fluxbox folder if it isn't already present

Third, add this to the apps file you just created:
Fourth, add this line to your ~/.fluxbox/startup file
Log out and log back in... and ta daa!

Here is my screenshot.

Works great!

I'd still like to know how to edit the items on the bar, though.

You will have to create a file ~/.wbar

The syntax for the file is as follows:

i: /path/to/icon.ong
c: /usr/bin/command-to-run
t: Title of item

Or you could install wbarconf to get a graphical tool to configure it... I haven't used it but it seems pretty straight forward. Here it is: http://www.ihku.biz/wbarconf/

there is a GUI program called wbarconf http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/wbarconf that makes it super easy to configure wbar.