XFce works fine, just fluxbox does not want to go. Having XFce working I used Gslapt to re-install fluxbox. That process seemed to work fine. Being new to all of this I am still unsure on where to find all of the different log files to search out clues. I did however find this in the .Xsession-errors file. perhaps it means more to somebody out there, or it could mean nothing at all, like I said, still learning.
/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0
Agent pid 2611
** Message: Querying Xkb extension
** Message: Xkb extension found
** Message: This build doesn't include support for XF86Misc extension
** Message: Querying Xkb extension
** Message: Xkb extension found
** (xfwm4:2625): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.
** (xfwm4:2625): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.