It seems that if to remove slimski and install slimski again, it does not show in startup services. This happened in 32-bit sysvinit antiX 23, so not sure if the same issue is in the other versions?

To see if slimski is running

ps aux | grep slimski

If slimski does not run, the easiest way to get it working in sysvinit version, is to add the next line to the /etc/rc.local file before exit 0

if ! service slimski status > /dev/null; then
echo "slimski is not running. Restarting..."
service slimski stop
service slimski start
else
echo "slimski is running."
fi

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/cannot-load-antix-locked-in-command-line/#post-155968

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Edit 16.5.2025: With antiX 23 runit:

1. Install slimski slimski-themes-extras-antix

sudo apt install slimski

2. Make a runit service if not already

sudo mkdir /etc/sv/slimski

3. Edit /etc/sv/slimski/run file if needed

sudo nano /etc/sv/slimski/run

slimski-run-file.zip

4. …. make it executable

sudo chmod +x /etc/sv/slimski/run

… link to /etc/service

sudo ln -s /etc/sv/slimski /etc/service/slimski

Codes in antiX ~/.bashrc file for startx are

# startx as user for all antiX 'desktop' options alias
alias srj="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session rox-jwm"
alias srf="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session rox-fluxbox"
alias sri="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session rox-icewm"
alias szj="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session zzz-jwm"
alias szf="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session zzz-fluxbox"
alias szi="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session zzz-icewm"
alias smj="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session min-jwm"
alias smf="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session min-fluxbox"
alias smi="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session min-icewm"
alias shw="startx /usr/local/bin/desktop-session herbstluftwm"