Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox query
Holly Bostick wrote: Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: Hi, I have posed this question earlier but I got no response. So I went ahead with a generic (and totally useless) subject line. How can I open applications in different workspaces (in fluxbox) on startup automatically? E.g.: firefox in workspace 1 thunderbird in workspace 2 2 Eterms in workspace 3 etc. etc. Any idea if this is possible? If so how? Thanks, Hareesh emerge and configure devilspie to get the apps to open on different, specific workspaces. I don't know how you run programs at startup under fluxbox, as I use Openbox, but the "normal" (generic) way to do this is to 1) add programs to your ~/.xinitrc before starting the WM (often used if you start your WM from the commandline); 2) if using a DM such as GDM or KDM, edit the *.desktop file for the WM to point to a script which starts the various programs and then your WM (this is what I generally do); 3) use the WM's own "autostart" function to run the various programs (both GNOME and KDE have this functionality over and above their session retention feature, but I don't know if flux does as well). you can use devil's pie to position programs on certain workspaces http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie -- _ | YoYo () Siska === http://www.ksp.sk/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox query
Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: Hi, I have posed this question earlier but I got no response. So I went ahead with a generic (and totally useless) subject line. How can I open applications in different workspaces (in fluxbox) on startup automatically? E.g.: firefox in workspace 1 thunderbird in workspace 2 2 Eterms in workspace 3 etc. etc. Any idea if this is possible? If so how? Thanks, Hareesh emerge and configure devilspie to get the apps to open on different, specific workspaces. I don't know how you run programs at startup under fluxbox, as I use Openbox, but the "normal" (generic) way to do this is to 1) add programs to your ~/.xinitrc before starting the WM (often used if you start your WM from the commandline); 2) if using a DM such as GDM or KDM, edit the *.desktop file for the WM to point to a script which starts the various programs and then your WM (this is what I generally do); 3) use the WM's own "autostart" function to run the various programs (both GNOME and KDE have this functionality over and above their session retention feature, but I don't know if flux does as well). HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox query
Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: How can I open applications in different workspaces (in fluxbox) on startup automatically? E.g.: firefox in workspace 1 thunderbird in workspace 2 2 Eterms in workspace 3 etc. etc. Any idea if this is possible? If so how? Thanks, Hareesh Take a look here: http://fluxspace.sourceforge.net/ _k -- kph (at) redirontech (dot) com "All movements go too far." -- Bertrand Russell -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox query
Hi, I have posed this question earlier but I got no response. So I went ahead with a generic (and totally useless) subject line. How can I open applications in different workspaces (in fluxbox) on startup automatically? E.g.: firefox in workspace 1 thunderbird in workspace 2 2 Eterms in workspace 3 etc. etc. Any idea if this is possible? If so how? Thanks, Hareesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox help
Nick Smith wrote: i have a problem/complaint with fluxbox, i cannot for the life of me get the desktop to stay, every reboot i get a flash of what it should be then it goes away, i have already commented out the line: #rootCommand: bsetroot -solid grey20 as per the wiki on fluxbox, and it still doesnt stick, every time i have to run the command fbsetbg -f file to set it back to what i want it to be. what do other people do in this case? just not have backgrounds? my other complaint is the lack of programs the fluxbox-generate menu command finds, is openbox or blackbox any better than flux? Check your ~/.fluxbox/init to verify which style it is using. Then open that style file and ensure you have in fact commented out the "rootCommand" line. Then you can go back and modify your ~/.fluxbox/init file as suggested by Jans. _k -- kph (at) redirontech (dot) com "All movements go too far." -- Bertrand Russell -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox help
Have you set this in your ~/.fluxbox/init file? session.screen0.rootCommand:fbsetbg -l; -l tells fbsetbg to save & restore your background. On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:59:31 -0500 (EST), Nick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have a problem/complaint with fluxbox, i cannot for the life > of me get the desktop to stay, every reboot i get a flash of > what it should be then it goes away, i have already commented > out the line: > > #rootCommand: bsetroot -solid grey20 > > as per the wiki on fluxbox, and it still doesnt stick, every > time i have to run the command fbsetbg -f file to set it back to > what i want it to be. what do other people do in this case? > just not have backgrounds? my other complaint is the lack of > programs the fluxbox-generate menu command finds, is openbox or > blackbox any better than flux? > > thanks for the info > > nick > -- > Nick Smith a.k.a. Computer Nick > Web - http://www.computernick.com > Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Jans -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox help
i have a problem/complaint with fluxbox, i cannot for the life of me get the desktop to stay, every reboot i get a flash of what it should be then it goes away, i have already commented out the line: #rootCommand: bsetroot -solid grey20 as per the wiki on fluxbox, and it still doesnt stick, every time i have to run the command fbsetbg -f file to set it back to what i want it to be. what do other people do in this case? just not have backgrounds? my other complaint is the lack of programs the fluxbox-generate menu command finds, is openbox or blackbox any better than flux? thanks for the info nick -- Nick Smith a.k.a. Computer Nick Web - http://www.computernick.com Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox and dutch language settings
Hi, I have reinstalled my laptop and choose for fluxbox as window manager and not for gnome anymore. In the past i got gdm as login manager and choose there my Dutch regional setting. How can i do this with fluxbox ? TIA Patrick -- "Live long and prosper, Spock." -- T'Pau "I shall do neither. I have killed my captain, and my friend." -- Spock Fingerprint = 2792 057F C445 9486 F932 3AEA D3A3 1B0C 1059 273B ICQ# 316932703 Registered Linux User #44550 http://counter.li.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox keys
Thank you for your email: it just solves the problem I had after updating my fluxbox. I can start working now :-) Thomas Marshal Newrock wrote: I found the solution. In the default 'keys' file, it has: Mod1 F1: Workspace1 Looking at the docs, I noticed the command is 'Window', so the line should be: Mod1 F1: Workspace 1 Making that change allows me to switch desktops. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox keys
I found the solution. In the default 'keys' file, it has: Mod1 F1: Workspace1 Looking at the docs, I noticed the command is 'Window', so the line should be: Mod1 F1: Workspace 1 Making that change allows me to switch desktops. -- CAUTION: Product will be hot after heating -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox keys
Not sure about fluxbox, but I am using openbox on a Solaris machine in the office. I use bbkey to define the key combinations. I heard there are better alternatives now but I don't remember their names. Regards. Deling On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Marshal Newrock wrote: > I've recently switched from KDE to fluxbox. It works great, except that > the alt key does not work. Using xev and xmodmap, it looks like the > keymap is set up correctly, but alt-[anything] does not do anything, and > in fact, in an aterm, alt-f1 will display something like '~[[1' (I'm not > at my computer, so I can't be sure I'm remembering exactly. Also, sshing > to another system and running vim, the backspace key, as well as home and > end, do not work either, although they work locally and on remote shell. > And actually, home and end work properly in ee, which they never have > before (in KDE or Gnome using gnome-terminal). > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > -- > CAUTION: Product will be hot after heating > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox keys
I've recently switched from KDE to fluxbox. It works great, except that the alt key does not work. Using xev and xmodmap, it looks like the keymap is set up correctly, but alt-[anything] does not do anything, and in fact, in an aterm, alt-f1 will display something like '~[[1' (I'm not at my computer, so I can't be sure I'm remembering exactly. Also, sshing to another system and running vim, the backspace key, as well as home and end, do not work either, although they work locally and on remote shell. And actually, home and end work properly in ee, which they never have before (in KDE or Gnome using gnome-terminal). Any suggestions appreciated. -- CAUTION: Product will be hot after heating -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] fluxbox - 0.9.7 - color of toolbar
> > But then, you really want to get some decent themes. http://fluxmod.dk/ > is a good place to start, as is the fluxbox-themes ebuild that tseng may > or may not be writing. Hi, Don't want to pester tseng just yet, but if he's reading this thread, then 'Tseng - please write an ebuild for themes that actually work right!' Thanks! I tried downloading a couple of themes from the site above. The first one (Granite) didn't have the right stuff in it to make the toolbar have color. The second one, A-Cute-Blue-One, doesn't actually install right, but once I moved things around I found it does have the right stuff, so this is not a fluxbox bug as much as just getting the themes/styles to catch up to what fluxbox is expecting. I still think that fluxbox should *not* make a change like this in this way. Why doesn't it recognize that no parameters exist in the style to give color to the toolbar, and as such, that makes it an 'old' style. fluxbox should then have some code to handle old styles in an old way so that users don't waste time messing with this. Thanks! Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox - 0.9.7 - color of toolbar
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:34:27 -0800 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > However, the | > > themes installed by the new fluxbox (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles) | > > *should* all work. If not, that's a fluxbox bug as we only install | > > the themes shipped with fluxbox. | > | | Hi, |On my system all of the styles under /usr/share/fluxbox/styles are |doing | this also. With no apps open, the toolbar is white. That's probably part of the style then :) But really, the default fluxbox themes mostly suck anyway. I suggest pestering tseng for the fluxbox-styles ebuild. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail:ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [gentoo-user] fluxbox - 0.9.7 - color of toolbar
> > However, the > > themes installed by the new fluxbox (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles) *should* > > all work. If not, that's a fluxbox bug as we only install the themes > > shipped with fluxbox. > Hi, On my system all of the styles under /usr/share/fluxbox/styles are doing this also. With no apps open, the toolbar is white. Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] fluxbox - 0.9.7 - color of toolbar
>
> First off, commonbox is dead. If you still have it you're running an old
> version of fluxbox, or you have some left over crud from the Old Days.
Don't know that I understand this statement, but it's helpful. There are a
lot of commonbox references in my menu file that are probably causing the
problem.
>
> Old commonbox styles won't work with the new fluxbox. However, the
> themes installed by the new fluxbox (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles) *should*
> all work. If not, that's a fluxbox bug as we only install the themes
> shipped with fluxbox.
OK, I've got 3 commonbox entries in my .fluxbox/menu file. These were not
cleaned up by the emerge, but I would have been scared if they were. The
replacement for styles is obvious, but what do I do with
[include] {/usr/share/commonbox/imagebgmenu}
[include] {/usr/share/commonbox/solidbgmenu}
??? Just remove them from the menu I guess?
>
> But then, you really want to get some decent themes. http://fluxmod.dk/
> is a good place to start,
Yes. I started looking at this over the weekend but never ended up doing
anything with it.
> as is the fluxbox-themes ebuild that tseng may
> or may not be writing.
since I was hoping for this...
Thanks,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox - 0.9.7 - color of toolbar
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:46:55 -0800 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |The new version of fluxbox seems to come up with no color for an |empty | toolbar. I'm using styles in /usr/share/commonbox/styles. I think they | come from x11-themes/commonbox-styles. First off, commonbox is dead. If you still have it you're running an old version of fluxbox, or you have some left over crud from the Old Days. Old commonbox styles won't work with the new fluxbox. However, the themes installed by the new fluxbox (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles) *should* all work. If not, that's a fluxbox bug as we only install the themes shipped with fluxbox. But then, you really want to get some decent themes. http://fluxmod.dk/ is a good place to start, as is the fluxbox-themes ebuild that tseng may or may not be writing. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail:ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] fluxbox - 0.9.7 - color of toolbar
Hi, The new version of fluxbox seems to come up with no color for an empty toolbar. I'm using styles in /usr/share/commonbox/styles. I think they come from x11-themes/commonbox-styles. In an email on another list it was suggested that styles now need a new parameter to make them look like they did in 0.1.14. Maybe toolbar:empty, but I tried it and it didn't work for me. Is this sort of thing considered a bug under Gentoo? Should I report it? Or is this just the way it's expected to look from now on? Thanks, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
Hello, One thing the fluxbox.org docs mention is a prog called fluxbox-generate_menu which didn't come with fluxbox (at least that I could find). But I found it on sourceforge (just google for it... first result) and ran it... seemed to do a good job. It seems that Debian and Mandrake are using a tool to generate menu for every window manager. I like it for two reasons : 1) you get the same organised menu whatever window manager you are using 2) after installing a package, new entries appears in the menu only few seconds after the installation finished The bad thing about it is it is difficult to customize, like having your favorite entries at the top of the menu. So, I use shortcuts instead. I don't know if there is such features in Gentoo (I am using the Debian generated menu in my Gentoo). Thomas -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
Steve B. wrote: 1. When I tell a window not to tab the setting is not saved. Next time app starts it has a tab Edit the ebuild an uncomment the part with the remember patch or build it yourself after applying the remember patch. 2. I emerged fluxspace and setup some backgrounds for each desktop, however the bg appears on desktop1, but if I switch desktops I lose all backgrounds Edit .fluxbox/init an edit the root.command line, it may be empty, set it to "root.command Esetroot -f yourpichere.jpg", I cannot remember from which package Esetroot is, iirc it's Eterm. Thanks, Steve Hope I could help out a little Jan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
A couple things I would add to other folk's answers... There are some (somewhat incomplete) docs at fluxbox.org. You can find all the config files in ~/.fluxbox... "init" has most of the meaty stuff, but "menu" is the file to configure your right click menu... oh and my favorite feature: scrolling the mouse wheel on the desktop switches workspaces. One thing the fluxbox.org docs mention is a prog called fluxbox-generate_menu which didn't come with fluxbox (at least that I could find). But I found it on sourceforge (just google for it... first result) and ran it... seemed to do a good job. b Steve B. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello again :-) I have some questions about fluxbox. First I like it thus far.. it loads a zillion times faster than KDE and seems to operate more "smoothly". But I do have some questions. 1. When I tell a window not to tab the setting is not saved. Next time app starts it has a tab 2. I emerged fluxspace and setup some backgrounds for each desktop, however the bg appears on desktop1, but if I switch desktops I lose all backgrounds 3. Is there a way to start a program on a specefic desktop? I tried to do this with fluxspace, but it wants to start the program every time I switch to that desktop 4. Is there a way to stretch the toolbar to fit the screen? 5. Can you add anything to the toolbar? 6. Where is the slit? and how do I get it to show up Thanks, Steve - -- Perhaps human's greatest vanity is the belief that there is only one way to the divine. (Scott Cunningham) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/+HIhCY3CQTSteGwRAjbKAJ0VjZTTgECgmjxWkcbLye7zaXq2SwCgkxEq DL18g6/1Id9RK2qEyHmvTes= =tTH+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
Great. Just tried to emerge it, and I get compile errors :( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37186 Daniel Ciaran McCreesh wrote: You're behind the times... 0.9.7 is out as of yesterday :) Looking to get that marked stable on x86 and sparc asap, 'cos it really is so much better than the 0.1.x versions... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
Hello 1. When I tell a window not to tab the setting is not saved. Next time app starts it has a tab I don't know 2. I emerged fluxspace and setup some backgrounds for each desktop, however the bg appears on desktop1, but if I switch desktops I lose all backgrounds I use Esetroot to set up my background and it works fine (but I use only one background for all my desktops). 3. Is there a way to start a program on a specefic desktop? I tried to do this with fluxspace, but it wants to start the program every time I switch to that desktop I am using a blackbox tool called bbappconf. The package is broken on gentoo, so you will get a seg fault when you tried to run it. But it works fine with other distro and also with Gentoo when you comment the line that causes the problem in the source code. It remembers me I have to submit a bug for the Gentoo team. 4. Is there a way to stretch the toolbar to fit the screen? I don't think so. 5. Can you add anything to the toolbar? I don't think so. The toolbar is quite useless. I use it only to get back application I minimized. This is the reason why it is everytime hidden. 6. Where is the slit? and how do I get it to show up The slit will appear only when you put application in it. You can try gkrellm -w and the slit will appear. Thomas -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 11:42:54 + Daniel Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I'm assuming you are running the 0.1 series of fluxbox? | I'd strongly suggest that you try the latest beta version (0.9.6) - | its in portage and there arent many bugs left. You're behind the times... 0.9.7 is out as of yesterday :) Looking to get that marked stable on x86 and sparc asap, 'cos it really is so much better than the 0.1.x versions... -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail:ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 1-3. Don't know sorry. 4. Edit $HOME/.fluxbox/init and look for: ~session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: xx and set it to 100 (percent). If it's not there it's safe to add the value 5.Look here: http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docbook/en/html/chap-toolbar.html and update the init file; ~session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, iconbar, systemtray, clock 6. Slit is enabled by default in the gentoo ebuilds (well i've never had to 'turned it on'), just try starting a dock app. I run kgpg, knotes, klipper, and kmix from my .xinitrc and it just works. Also I found x11-misc/fluxconf that helps with the config. Steve B. wrote: | Hello again :-) | | I have some questions about fluxbox. First I like it thus far.. it | loads a | zillion times faster than KDE and seems to operate more "smoothly". | But I do | have some questions. | | 1. When I tell a window not to tab the setting is not saved. Next | time app | starts it has a tab | | 2. I emerged fluxspace and setup some backgrounds for each desktop, | however | the bg appears on desktop1, but if I switch desktops I lose all | backgrounds | | 3. Is there a way to start a program on a specefic desktop? I | tried to do | this with fluxspace, but it wants to start the program every time I | switch to | that desktop | | 4. Is there a way to stretch the toolbar to fit the screen? | | 5. Can you add anything to the toolbar? | | 6. Where is the slit? and how do I get it to show up | | Thanks, | Steve - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/+AF3PQsXLXBV2FYRAtluAJ9fvFHrZI5jdrSkn6TgXN/fWT/RgwCg1LOK aFZXQyIu9Ic+g8V2EnU+pAk= =TtCB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
I'm assuming you are running the 0.1 series of fluxbox? I'd strongly suggest that you try the latest beta version (0.9.6) - its in portage and there arent many bugs left. There are many many improvements over the 0.1 series. Steve B. wrote: 1. When I tell a window not to tab the setting is not saved. Next time app starts it has a tab I don't know the answer to this, but in the newer fluxboxes the tab has been removed and the titlebar is treated as the tab. 4. Is there a way to stretch the toolbar to fit the screen? Yes, from the fluxbox menu: Settings -> Configure -> Toolbar -> Toolbar width percent hover the mouse over that setting and use the mouse wheel to adjust the percentage. 5. Can you add anything to the toolbar? I don't think so. 6. Where is the slit? and how do I get it to show up The slit isn't a visual object - you can't see it. You can choose its placement through the configure menu (Settings -> Configure -> Slit -> Placement). When you run a "dock app" (e.g. something on www.dockapps.org) it will appear in the area of your screen which the slit is placed in. I have my slit on auto-hide in the bottom right. When i hover the mouse in that area, my little xmms control pops out :) Hope this helps. Daniel -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello again :-) I have some questions about fluxbox. First I like it thus far.. it loads a zillion times faster than KDE and seems to operate more "smoothly". But I do have some questions. 1. When I tell a window not to tab the setting is not saved. Next time app starts it has a tab 2. I emerged fluxspace and setup some backgrounds for each desktop, however the bg appears on desktop1, but if I switch desktops I lose all backgrounds 3. Is there a way to start a program on a specefic desktop? I tried to do this with fluxspace, but it wants to start the program every time I switch to that desktop 4. Is there a way to stretch the toolbar to fit the screen? 5. Can you add anything to the toolbar? 6. Where is the slit? and how do I get it to show up Thanks, Steve - -- Perhaps human's greatest vanity is the belief that there is only one way to the divine. (Scott Cunningham) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/+HIhCY3CQTSteGwRAjbKAJ0VjZTTgECgmjxWkcbLye7zaXq2SwCgkxEq DL18g6/1Id9RK2qEyHmvTes= =tTH+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:39:47 -0600 Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote re Fluxbox: | Not as much eye candy as with Gnome and KDE http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm/screenshots/raindrop-2003-11-17b.png Fluxbox, with more eye candy than OS X :) I took a look at that this morning on the -dev thread about the xserver ebuilds. I need to take a look at that. -- Andrew Gaffney -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox (was: sluggish system)
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:39:47 -0600 Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote re Fluxbox: | Not as much eye candy as with Gnome and KDE http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm/screenshots/raindrop-2003-11-17b.png Fluxbox, with more eye candy than OS X :) -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail:ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox (was: sluggish system)
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 13:39, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Not as much eye candy as with Gnome and KDE, but I just haven't taken the time to > really > play around with the config. I like it a lot more than Enlightenment. I tried > openbox, but > it was using my fluxbox menus, and it wasn't rendering them correctly, so I just > unmerged > it because I didn't feel like dealing with it at the time :) I installed fluxbox on my PII-300MHz IBM ThinkPad 600E with 96MB of RAM. I did a stage 3 in stall, plus xfree, fluxbox, Opera and Mozilla (for mail). It runs so well I'm going to move some of my other older systems to fluxbox. -- Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox (was: sluggish system)
Keith Dart wrote: On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 05:12, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Keith Dart wrote: On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 20:55, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Well, I find Mozilla to be slow, regardless. I use Galeon. Try that, I don't think you will be disappointed. Eh, I'd rather not have to install most of Gnome. Oh KDE? Well then I hear good things about Konquerer... anything but Mozilla and XUL Nope. Currently running Fluxbox. Cool. How do you like it? 8-) Not as much eye candy as with Gnome and KDE, but I just haven't taken the time to really play around with the config. I like it a lot more than Enlightenment. I tried openbox, but it was using my fluxbox menus, and it wasn't rendering them correctly, so I just unmerged it because I didn't feel like dealing with it at the time :) -- Andrew Gaffney -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox not updating time
Yeah, I noticed the same thing toobut I have been running xfce4 for the past week so kinda of forgot about it :) Simon On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Something weird has been happening lately. Fluxbox used to always show the correct > time. > Now, it doesn't update the time unless I actually click on the time. It just started > doing > this a few weeks ago. Anyone have any ideas? > > -- > Andrew Gaffney > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox not updating time
On Tuesday 28 October 2003 21:42, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Something weird has been happening lately. Fluxbox used to always show the > correct time. Now, it doesn't update the time unless I actually click on > the time. It just started doing this a few weeks ago. Anyone have any > ideas? nope, sorry I switched about a month ago away from fluxbox, it had more 'refresh' problems like you mention, e.g. in the titlebar text that is displayed in the taskbar button. Rudmer -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox not updating time
Something weird has been happening lately. Fluxbox used to always show the correct time. Now, it doesn't update the time unless I actually click on the time. It just started doing this a few weeks ago. Anyone have any ideas? -- Andrew Gaffney -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox doesn't see artwiz fonts
I've had to specify them by their full names, as opposed to their aliases, e.g., -artwiz-nu-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*. On 15:58 Sun 19 Oct , Matt Garman wrote: > > I merged the development version of fluxbox (v0.9.6) via > /usr/portage/x11-wm/fluxbox/fluxbox-0.9.6_pre9.ebuild. I also installed the > package artwiz-fonts. At least xfontsel can see the artwiz fonts. However, > fluxbox is not using them. > > So I'm curious if I need to indicate the location of the artwiz-fonts in some > config file. gvim also cannot use the artwiz fonts. > > In general, is there a "Gentoo X Fonts HOWTO" or similar documentation? My > default font is a fairly small and somewhat blury sans-type font. It was used > by MozillaFirebird (until I tweaked the settings), it's used by the gkrellm > configuration screen, it's used by xchat-2, etc. So I'd like to make the > default something "prettier". > > I'm assuming there's a fairly standard set of steps that most Gentoo folks take > to setup "nice" fonts after a fresh install. Is this documented somewhere? > > Thanks, > Matt > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- Barry Marler Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory University of Georgia Room 229, Center for Applied Genetic Technologies 111 Riverbend Rd. Athens, GA 30602 706.583.0164 [office] 706.583.0160 [fax] http://www.plantgenome.uga.edu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox doesn't see artwiz fonts
I merged the development version of fluxbox (v0.9.6) via /usr/portage/x11-wm/fluxbox/fluxbox-0.9.6_pre9.ebuild. I also installed the package artwiz-fonts. At least xfontsel can see the artwiz fonts. However, fluxbox is not using them. So I'm curious if I need to indicate the location of the artwiz-fonts in some config file. gvim also cannot use the artwiz fonts. In general, is there a "Gentoo X Fonts HOWTO" or similar documentation? My default font is a fairly small and somewhat blury sans-type font. It was used by MozillaFirebird (until I tweaked the settings), it's used by the gkrellm configuration screen, it's used by xchat-2, etc. So I'd like to make the default something "prettier". I'm assuming there's a fairly standard set of steps that most Gentoo folks take to setup "nice" fonts after a fresh install. Is this documented somewhere? Thanks, Matt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:07, Jason Nielsen wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Jacob Smullyan wrote: > > I've recently gotten errors of this kind (sandbox violations) when > > emerging with sudo rather than as root, but I don't know exactly where > > the bug is. > > > > Jacob Smullyan > > Yup, the solution is: > > $ su - > > this provides an environment similiar to what would be expected had you > logged into root directly (.i.e. PATH etc.). Unfortunately I was logged in as root. I also tried a rebuild as root - same error. If I can't get fluxbox to work it's back to mandrake I'm afraid. Thanks anyway. Dennis. > > Cheers, > > Jason > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street Noosaville QLD 4566 Australia Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Jacob Smullyan wrote: > I've recently gotten errors of this kind (sandbox violations) when > emerging with sudo rather than as root, but I don't know exactly where > the bug is. > > Jacob Smullyan > Yup, the solution is: $ su - this provides an environment similiar to what would be expected had you logged into root directly (.i.e. PATH etc.). Cheers, Jason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox
I've recently gotten errors of this kind (sandbox violations) when emerging with sudo rather than as root, but I don't know exactly where the bug is. Jacob Smullyan On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 11:04:01PM +1000, Dennis Robertson wrote: > So far I am 1 week into the gentoo install process. Emerging fluxbox concludes > with: Fatal error: can't create or write to /root/.fluxbox/menu. I can't find > any help in bugzilla. Can anyone assist, please? TIA. > -- > Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street Noosaville QLD 4566 Australia > > Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Fluxbox
So far I am 1 week into the gentoo install process. Emerging fluxbox concludes with: Fatal error: can't create or write to /root/.fluxbox/menu. I can't find any help in bugzilla. Can anyone assist, please? TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street Noosaville QLD 4566 Australia Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] fluxbox background troubles
I was using fluxbox-0.1.14-r2 for ages and had no desktop background troubles. I finally upgraded commonbox-utils to 0.5 and it borked the works. It looks like commonbox-utils-0.5 no longer uses bsetbg, but something called fbsetbg. This is fine, but everytime I try to set the background I get: /usr/bin/fbsetbg -C ./foo.jpg Something went wrong while setting the wallpaper. Run 'Esetroot $center ./foo.jpg' from an xterm to find out what. Ok. Done, and here is the result: /usr/bin/Esetroot -center ./foo.jpg /usr/bin/Esetroot: Unable to load image file "./foo.jpg". When I downgrade commonbox-utils, all works again just as it should. Any ideas? -- :wq! Matthew Daubenspeck http://www.oddprocess.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Fluxbox fails to install... is it my fault?
Hi again... This time I must request a different sort of help. I'm trying to install fluxbox on an old laptop. chiana root # uname -a Linux chiana 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 #1 Sat Sep 20 21:06:09 EDT 2003 i586 Pentium 75 - 200 GenuineIntel GNU/Linux This is my setup: 1.2G root partition; /usr/portage is shared by NFS from my desktop machine (rw) as is /var/tmp/portage. My desktop PC is a dual-P3, so I'm running distcc to help speed compiling along. The laptop was installed from a Stage 3 tarball (09112003) last week, and just completed a 20-hour install of Xfree86 today. Now I have tried 3 times to build fluxbox. I've cleaned out /var/tmp/portage so that there's nothing left in there. Yet: libtool: link: cannot find the library `/var/tmp/portage/freetype-2.1.4/image//usr/lib/libfreetype.la' make[3]: *** [fluxbox] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fluxbox-0.1.14-r2/work/fluxbox-0.1.14/src' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fluxbox-0.1.14-r2/work/fluxbox-0.1.14/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/fluxbox-0.1.14-r2/work/fluxbox-0.1.14' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: x11-wm/fluxbox-0.1.14-r2 failed. !!! Function commonbox_src_compile, Line 114, Exitcode 2 !!! (no error message) I've attached the entire output of the third attempt, which I finally remembered to capture with "script". I was bothered at the very beginning by messages such as this: aclocal: configure.in: 226: macro `AM_PATH_XFT' not found in library util/Makefile.am:6: invalid unused variable name: `_SOURCES' util/Makefile.am:8: invalid unused variable name: `_LDADD' configure.in:298: warning: do not use m4_patsubst: use patsubst or m4_bpatsubst configure.in:324: warning: do not use m4_regexp: use regexp or m4_bregexp truetype configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used. checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes /var/tmp/portage/fluxbox-0.1.14-r2/work/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing: Unknown `--run' option Try `/var/tmp/portage/fluxbox-0.1.14-r2/work/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing --help' for more information configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing Both automake and libtool are at current stable versions, and I am *NOT* running any "~x86" packages. Any ideas about what I could do to fix this? This is the *only* package that has failed so far. -- // Carl Hudkins :: Jabber [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: PGP 50238D9E // // "German beer is chemical-free / Germany's all right with me!" //--"Why Aye Man", Mark Knopfler fluxbox-fails.txt.bz2 Description: BZip2 compressed data pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox Vs. Openbox
begin quote On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:37:49 +1200 Tom Eastman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do people prefer, fluxbox or openbox? > > OpenBox doesn't have tabbed windows, but I pretty much never use that > feature anyway. What does OpenBox offer me that fluxbox doesn't? > Openbox. for one single reason, that is has way above Fluxbox. Standards compliance. openbox works nicely with Gnome (and I've been told about KDE and XFce too, but I'm not sure) and plays along just fine with desktop management tools. Very nice . //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox Vs. Openbox
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 11:37:49PM +1200, Tom Eastman wrote: > I notice now that there's another blackbox-esque window manager: OpenBox. > > Can someone with experience with both tell me what the major differences are? > What do people prefer, fluxbox or openbox? > > OpenBox doesn't have tabbed windows, but I pretty much never use that feature > anyway. What does OpenBox offer me that fluxbox doesn't? The one thing that made me choose openbox over fluxbox some time ago, was that openbox has window to window snapping, something fluxbox does not have (in the stable version). However when fluxbox 1.0 is released, I'm going to give it another try, as it seems to have pulled quite far away from openbox featurewise. /Klaus -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Fluxbox Vs. Openbox
Hey all, I've been a fluxbox fan for an awfully long time now. For me it's always been the perfect blend of speed, simplictiy and prettiness. I notice now that there's another blackbox-esque window manager: OpenBox. Can someone with experience with both tell me what the major differences are? What do people prefer, fluxbox or openbox? OpenBox doesn't have tabbed windows, but I pretty much never use that feature anyway. What does OpenBox offer me that fluxbox doesn't? Tom -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox hates me
Thanks for replying! On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 08:14:57PM +0200, Marcin Daczkowski wrote: > > session.screen0.rootCommand:~/.xsessio > > in my ~/.fluxbox/init file because under no other circumstances did > > gentoo's startup sequence for fluxbox read .xinit, .xsession, or any > > other file I tried. > > hmm... what kind of *dm do u use? xdm works perfectly with me, the > xsession looks like: This is using gdm and choosing "Xsession" as my session. Sorry, I should have mentioned that originally. > > #!/bin/sh > > exec wmcpuload & > .. > exec fluxbox > > btw. what version of flux do u use? > Version of fluxbox is 0.1.14-r2. I notice there are several newer versions, but they must be masked out. When I do "emerge -p fluxbox" I get [ebuild R ] x11-wm/fluxbox-0.1.14-r2 My .xsession file contains: #!/bin/sh #load this to have gtk2 apps look ok GSDPID=`pidof gnome-settings-daemon` if [ "x$GSDPID" == "x" ]; then /usr/bin/gnome-settings-daemon & fi APPSRUNNING=`pidof pclock` if [ "x$APPSRUNNING" == "x" ]; then pclock & fi The "APPSRUNNING" hack was to keep fluxbox from loading multiple copies of pclock and the other applets in the slit if I reloaded fluxbox from the menu. Fluxbox is not in the file because it starts whether I have it in .xsession or not, and having it in two places just seems to be complicating things. > hmm. queer i done the same and everything still works fine. have you > checked it for all styles that are supposed to change background? is the > rootCommand in style u checked correct? hmm, maybe sth has corrupted it > :> or maybe images were removed :> The rootCommands are unchanged from when I emerged fluxbox, and they work from the command line. I don't know if I've tried every single style on the menu, but the ones I've tried all exhibit this behavior. This is why it's so frustrating. It worked originally, and everything I've read indicates that it should work now -- but it doesn't. :/ > i think u should ask on fluxbox-users mailing list for better help :) Oh probably, but I posted here in case it is a gentoo issue -- and because I subscribe to this list, but not (at present) to fluxbox-users. Thanks again! -- Creede -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox hates me
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:49:50 -0700 Creede Lambard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > session.screen0.rootCommand:~/.xsessio > in my ~/.fluxbox/init file because under no other circumstances did > gentoo's startup sequence for fluxbox read .xinit, .xsession, or any > other file I tried. hmm... what kind of *dm do u use? xdm works perfectly with me, the .xsession looks like: #!/bin/sh exec wmcpuload & ... exec fluxbox btw. what version of flux do u use? > themes, seeing what they all looked like, watching Fury-NG change the > background to gentoo.jpg, and so forth. Then, I decided to switch the > background color in the "Background Color" menu, and suddenly, the > "rootCommand" entries from the styles wouldn't execute anymore. No > matter what I do the background stays the same. This is the same for > xv and bsetroot, both of which exist and both of which work from the > command line. hmm. queer i done the same and everything still works fine. have you checked it for all styles that are supposed to change background? is the rootCommand in style u checked correct? hmm, maybe sth has corrupted it :> or maybe images were removed :> i think u should ask on fluxbox-users mailing list for better help :) greets, Marcin `babun` Daczkowski -- my PGP public key available via $finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] or via my website http://daczkowski.civ.pl/daczkowski.pgp pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] fluxbox hates me
Well, it sure seems that way anyway. I have it installed and it's very nice (quite a change from Gnome and KDE), but it's been a struggle to get it to work the way I think it's supposed to. For instance, in order to get any applets running in the slit I had to do what I think is an ugly hack of setting session.screen0.rootCommand:~/.xsession in my ~/.fluxbox/init file because under no other circumstances did gentoo's startup sequence for fluxbox read .xinit, .xsession, or any other file I tried. So I have a clock, a load monitor and a few other applets running, but now I have a different problem. For a while I was happily switching themes, seeing what they all looked like, watching Fury-NG change the background to gentoo.jpg, and so forth. Then, I decided to switch the background color in the "Background Color" menu, and suddenly, the "rootCommand" entries from the styles wouldn't execute anymore. No matter what I do the background stays the same. This is the same for xv and bsetroot, both of which exist and both of which work from the command line. So, does anyone know why this should be? And, this color seems to be persistent -- it stays on the desktop when you restart from the menu, exit X and log back in, or reboot the computer (I know, I hate to do that, but it was an experiment). Anybody know where this color is stored? Finally, anybody know why style-directed fonts get so much bigger when I turn on antialiasing? If I turn on antialiasing suddenly the fonts grow to about double their previous size. The anti-aliased fonts look very nice but take up a bunch of screen space and I can only see the top half of the label in the window's tab. Thanks. -- * .~. `( ` / V \ . Creede Lambard: When Linux is outlawed, /( )\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] : only outlaws will run Linux. ^^-^^ GPG key at http://www.penguinsinthenight.com/creede_public_key.asc -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox 0.9.3 and slots
On 2003.06.27 17:16, Ville Leskinen wrote: On Friday 27 June 2003 22:26, Chris I wrote: > Portage recognizes that fluxbox ebuilds > 0.9.0 are masked, and tries > to install the highest unmasked version, which is 0.1.14-r1. > > I'd suggest using the -U option instead of -u, as it will not downgrade > packages. > > -Chris I Although this seems to work, a better solution would be putting that line from packages.mask to /etc/portage/packages.unmask. I had heard of the package.unmask file, but was unable to find any documentation for it. Thanks! -Chris I I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity. -- Bill Veeck pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox 0.9.3 and slots
On Friday 27 June 2003 22:26, Chris I wrote: > Portage recognizes that fluxbox ebuilds > 0.9.0 are masked, and tries > to install the highest unmasked version, which is 0.1.14-r1. > > I'd suggest using the -U option instead of -u, as it will not downgrade > packages. > > -Chris I Although this seems to work, a better solution would be putting that line from packages.mask to /etc/portage/packages.unmask. -- -Ville Leskinen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fluxbox 0.9.3 and slots
On 2003.06.27 12:55, Shane Hickey wrote: I understand this to mean that some package depends upon fluxbox-0.1.14-r1 so it wants to install it in another slot? However, after it does this, when I run fluxbox, it actually runs 0.1.14 and not the new 0.9.3 version. How do I make this work correctly? Actually, fluxbox is not slotted. You are replacing 0.9.3 with 0.1.14. The reason being that portage recognizes that fluxbox is merged, and that 0.9.3 is the current version. however, in package.mask, there is this block: # <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (22 Apr 2003) # new fluxbox dev series. no guarentees. =x11-wm/fluxbox-0.9.0 Portage recognizes that fluxbox ebuilds > 0.9.0 are masked, and tries to install the highest unmasked version, which is 0.1.14-r1. I'd suggest using the -U option instead of -u, as it will not downgrade packages. -Chris I System checkpoint complete. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] fluxbox 0.9.3 and slots
Howdy all, I recently emerge'd fluxbox 0.9.3 and now when I go to do an emerge world it wants [ebuildUD] x11-wm/fluxbox-0.1.14-r1 [0.9.3] -kde -gnome -nls +xinerama +truetype -cjk I understand this to mean that some package depends upon fluxbox-0.1.14-r1 so it wants to install it in another slot? However, after it does this, when I run fluxbox, it actually runs 0.1.14 and not the new 0.9.3 version. How do I make this work correctly? Shane -- Shane Hickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Nerd http://www.nerddiary.org GPG KeyID: 777CBF3F Key fingerprint: 254F B2AC 9939 C715 278C DA95 4109 9F69 777C BF3F Listening to: The Breeders - Off You -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox config
On Monday 02 June 2003 19:57, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jun 2003, Zack Gilburd wrote: > > > Speaking of the AntiAlias 'problem' in Flux, does anyone have a > > > solution for that ? I like to have it antialiased, but those big fonts > > > are horrible... > > > > Hack the styles. > > > > *.*font: FontName:size=FontSize(eg 8) > > I seem to have a somewhat different line in my style (fluxbox-cvs): > > *Font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-* > > Adding your suggestion didn't work. Are the styles in the stable > version different maybe ? > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list maybe.. keep in mind, my line is for AA fonts. -- Zack Gilburd http://tehunlose.com pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox config
On Mon, 02 Jun 2003, Zack Gilburd wrote: > > Speaking of the AntiAlias 'problem' in Flux, does anyone have a > > solution for that ? I like to have it antialiased, but those big fonts > > are horrible... > Hack the styles. > > *.*font: FontName:size=FontSize(eg 8) I seem to have a somewhat different line in my style (fluxbox-cvs): *Font: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-*-* Adding your suggestion didn't work. Are the styles in the stable version different maybe ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox config
On Monday 02 June 2003 19:18, D.J. Bolderman wrote: > On ma, 02 jun 2003, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 15:28, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: > > > Strange symptoms ... When I startx fluxbox comes up but the toolbar > > > shows the wrong font size - if I reload config it shows fine ... > > > everything else is displayed correctly ... > > > > I noticed an interesting effect with fonts in fluxbox yesterday when I > > chose the 'AntiAlias' setting under Settings-> Configure. Could you > > possibly have that set? > > Speaking of the AntiAlias 'problem' in Flux, does anyone have a > solution for that ? I like to have it antialiased, but those big fonts > are horrible... > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list Hack the styles. *.*font: FontName:size=FontSize(eg 8) -- Zack Gilburd http://tehunlose.com pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox config
On ma, 02 jun 2003, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 15:28, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: > > Strange symptoms ... When I startx fluxbox comes up but the toolbar > > shows the wrong font size - if I reload config it shows fine ... > > everything else is displayed correctly ... > > > I noticed an interesting effect with fonts in fluxbox yesterday when I > chose the 'AntiAlias' setting under Settings-> Configure. Could you > possibly have that set? Speaking of the AntiAlias 'problem' in Flux, does anyone have a solution for that ? I like to have it antialiased, but those big fonts are horrible... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox config
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 15:28, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote: > Strange symptoms ... When I startx fluxbox comes up but the toolbar > shows the wrong font size - if I reload config it shows fine ... > everything else is displayed correctly ... > I noticed an interesting effect with fonts in fluxbox yesterday when I chose the 'AntiAlias' setting under Settings-> Configure. Could you possibly have that set? - Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Fluxbox config
Strange symptoms ... When I startx fluxbox comes up but the toolbar shows the wrong font size - if I reload config it shows fine ... everything else is displayed correctly ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] uxbod $ emerge -s fluxbox Searching... [ Results for search key : fluxbox ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * x11-wm/fluxbox Latest version available: 0.1.14-r1 Latest version installed: 0.1.14-r1 Size of downloaded files: 366 kB Homepage:http://fluxbox.sf.net Description: Window manager based on Blackbox -- has tabs. -- // --[ UxBoD ]-- // 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 // Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz // // gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 402E340E // signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox, Blackbox, and Openbox (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Opinion Poll: KDE Vs Gnome)
On Thursday 06 March 2003 00:23, James Michael Fultz wrote: > * Alexander Futasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05 Mar 2003 20:29]: > > well, openbox can have bitmaps for all buttons that control the > > toolbar and windows. it uses xft to give you smooth anti-aliased > > fonts. and like in waimea you can mousescroll through the desktops. > > and shade the windows with the mousewheel, drag windows from one > > desktop to another. also the window to window and window to edge > > snapping or resistance stuff is very good compared to blackbox. > > overall its awesome. its what blackbox should have been. and you > > are right about fluxbox, its mostly just those tabs. which i have > > no use for. > > Fluxbox will do most of the things you mention and other things not > mentioned. Workspace switching with mousewheel, dragging windows > among workspaces, edge-snapping, built-in keygrabber, and ordering > dockapps in the Slit. It is also possible to disable window tabs by > setting "session.tabs" to "false" in `~/.fluxbox/init'. Using > Fluxconf (x11-misc/fluxconf) makes that even easier. Those tabs are the reason I like fluxbox so much. No hasle with windows anymore. Good groups file makes life a lot easier. > All that said, Openbox appears to have its nicer qualities. > Actually, I'm thinking of returning to FVWM. :-) I used to use Gnome, but when I moved to Gentoo, I thought that I would try some alternatives, because portage makes the testing easy (read no dependency hunting). I found out that Fluxbox offered all the things I need and some things that I couldn't live without anymore like tabs. As side note I have parts of Gnome and KDE installed, because I like Anjuta and I prefer KMail as my MUA. And because I don't use whole Gnome or KDE the updates don't take too much time either. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Fluxbox, Blackbox, and Openbox (was: Re: [gentoo-user]Opinion Poll: KDE Vs Gnome)
James Michael Fultz wrote: Fluxbox will do most of the things you mention and other things not mentioned. Workspace switching with mousewheel, dragging windows among workspaces, edge-snapping, built-in keygrabber, and ordering dockapps in the Slit. It is also possible to disable window tabs by setting "session.tabs" to "false" in `~/.fluxbox/init'. Using Fluxconf (x11-misc/fluxconf) makes that even easier. Okay, now that the name of the thread has changed, I'm going to ask my question. I switched over to fluxbox after using the GNOME monolith for a couple of years. I am *extremely* happy with the switch, but there's a couple of tricks I'd like to be able to do with the mouse, and I can't figure out how to do it. Specifically, I'd like to be able to click on the window resizers in some way that they only change the dimensions of the window in one dimension (e.g., changing the Y dimension, while keeping the X dimension in tact). This is apparently possible by using keyboard shortcuts (see http://www.fluxbox.org/docbook/en/html/x298.html#AEN463), but I haven't found any references on how to do this with the mouse. I've tried shift-clicking, alt-clicking, ctrl-clicking, shift+alt-clicking, et cetera ad nauseum, to no avail. I'm assuming I can change this by editing ~/.fluxbox/init, but I don't know. Thanks for any suggestions. -- Stephen W. Juranich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electrical Engineering http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic University of Washingtonhttp://ssli.ee.washington.edu/ssli -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Fluxbox, Blackbox, and Openbox (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Opinion Poll: KDE Vs Gnome)
* Alexander Futasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05 Mar 2003 20:29]: > well, openbox can have bitmaps for all buttons that control the toolbar > and windows. it uses xft to give you smooth anti-aliased fonts. and like > in waimea you can mousescroll through the desktops. and shade the > windows with the mousewheel, drag windows from one desktop to another. > also the window to window and window to edge snapping or resistance > stuff is very good compared to blackbox. overall its awesome. its what > blackbox should have been. and you are right about fluxbox, its mostly > just those tabs. which i have no use for. Fluxbox will do most of the things you mention and other things not mentioned. Workspace switching with mousewheel, dragging windows among workspaces, edge-snapping, built-in keygrabber, and ordering dockapps in the Slit. It is also possible to disable window tabs by setting "session.tabs" to "false" in `~/.fluxbox/init'. Using Fluxconf (x11-misc/fluxconf) makes that even easier. All that said, Openbox appears to have its nicer qualities. Actually, I'm thinking of returning to FVWM. :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Fluxbox and gconfd
Howdy all, I recently switched from Gnome to Fluxbox and I'm loving it. However, I'm still painfully addicted to evolution, gnome-terminal and galeon, so I find myself running these in Fluxbox. The problem is, whenever I start a gnome app I get CORBA errors. However, if I kill gconfd-1 then I'm fine. The errors look like this: There was an error loading config from /apps/gnome-terminal/global. (Configuration server couldn't be contacted: CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD_OPERATION:1.0) There was an error loading config from /apps/gnome-terminal/keybindings. (Configuration server couldn't be contacted: CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD_OPERATION:1.0) There was an error loading config from /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default. (Configuration server couldn't be contacted: CORBA error: IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD_OPERATION:1.0) I'm not sure what's starting gconfd-1, but I obviously don't need (since the apps seem to run fine after I kill it). Can someone clue me in to what is starting this... and why? Thanks much, -- Shane Hickey : Network/System Consultant GPG KeyID: 777CBF3F Key fingerprint: 254F B2AC 9939 C715 278C DA95 4109 9F69 777C BF3F Listening to: FantM-tmas - Page 4 [11 Frames] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
