[newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
When I try to login to Xfce4 as user, either from the login manager or by using 'startxfce4' from a terminal, I get a few seconds of the Xfce 'mouse' (or is it meant to be a rat?) logo flashing, and then I just get the blue screen with the Mandrake logo. As normal user, I can log into KDE with no problem - but I'd rather not have to! Doing 'startxfce4' as root works fine - but of course I'm then logged in as root! Because it works as root but not as a normal user, and KDE is not affected, I assume that it is something in my Xfce user config that is broken, not Xfce itself. I'm sure there must be some way to fix this, but I'm not sure where to start. Everything was fine yesterday, but not working when I rebooted this morning. [I blame the cat - attempting sneaky overnight downloads of 'kitty porn' must have corrupted a file somewhere!] -- Regards Margot *-*-*-* Sent using Mozilla on a 100% Microsoft-Free Computer Registered Linux User 307617 http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586 kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk ~~~ Monotheism is a gift from the gods. ~~~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 06:47, Margot wrote: When I try to login to Xfce4 as user, either from the login manager or by using 'startxfce4' from a terminal, I get a few seconds of the Xfce 'mouse' (or is it meant to be a rat?) logo flashing, and then I just get the blue screen with the Mandrake logo. As normal user, I can log into KDE with no problem - but I'd rather not have to! Doing 'startxfce4' as root works fine - but of course I'm then logged in as root! Because it works as root but not as a normal user, and KDE is not affected, I assume that it is something in my Xfce user config that is broken, not Xfce itself. I'm sure there must be some way to fix this, but I'm not sure where to start. Everything was fine yesterday, but not working when I rebooted this morning. [I blame the cat - attempting sneaky overnight downloads of 'kitty porn' must have corrupted a file somewhere!] Margot, Login as root, cd into your USER home dir, rename the .cache directory, then logoff, and try logging in again with XFce... -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget. -- Benjamin Disraeli, British PM, on dealing with the Royal Family Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
Margot wrote: When I try to login to Xfce4 as user, either from the login manager or by using 'startxfce4' from a terminal, I get a few seconds of the Xfce 'mouse' (or is it meant to be a rat?) logo flashing, and then I just get the blue screen with the Mandrake logo. Everything was fine yesterday, but not working when I rebooted this morning. Just a guess. In the meantime didn't you change the ~/.config/xfce4/initrc file? I just had the same behavior with a wrong initrc. To test, just rename initrc and launch xfce without it. It must start without a glitch. Michel -- Michel Leunen mailto: see my homepage. C++Builder, BCC5.5.1 Web site: http://www.leunen.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
Margot wrote: [I blame the cat - attempting sneaky overnight downloads of 'kitty porn' must have corrupted a file somewhere!] Margot; Maybe the cat and the kitty-porn scared the XFCE Mouse into shock? BTW, How's Rival, Felix, Simone, the goat and the duck? BTW, Was the boxing match that bad? Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
On Sunday 20 February 2005 11:58 am, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 06:47, Margot wrote: When I try to login to Xfce4 as user, either from the login manager or by using 'startxfce4' from a terminal, I get a few seconds of the Xfce 'mouse' (or is it meant to be a rat?) logo flashing, and then I just get the blue screen with the Mandrake logo. As normal user, I can log into KDE with no problem - but I'd rather not have to! Doing 'startxfce4' as root works fine - but of course I'm then logged in as root! Because it works as root but not as a normal user, and KDE is not affected, I assume that it is something in my Xfce user config that is broken, not Xfce itself. I'm sure there must be some way to fix this, but I'm not sure where to start. Everything was fine yesterday, but not working when I rebooted this morning. [I blame the cat - attempting sneaky overnight downloads of 'kitty porn' must have corrupted a file somewhere!] Margot, Login as root, cd into your USER home dir, rename the .cache directory, then logoff, and try logging in again with XFce... make the cat use his own computer -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales --- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 --- I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget. -- Benjamin Disraeli, British PM, on dealing with the Royal Family Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 06:47, Margot wrote: When I try to login to Xfce4 as user, either from the login manager or by using 'startxfce4' from a terminal, I get a few seconds of the Xfce 'mouse' (or is it meant to be a rat?) logo flashing, and then I just get the blue screen with the Mandrake logo. As normal user, I can log into KDE with no problem - but I'd rather not have to! Doing 'startxfce4' as root works fine - but of course I'm then logged in as root! Because it works as root but not as a normal user, and KDE is not affected, I assume that it is something in my Xfce user config that is broken, not Xfce itself. I'm sure there must be some way to fix this, but I'm not sure where to start. Everything was fine yesterday, but not working when I rebooted this morning. [I blame the cat - attempting sneaky overnight downloads of 'kitty porn' must have corrupted a file somewhere!] Margot, Login as root, cd into your USER home dir, rename the .cache directory, then logoff, and try logging in again with XFce... Thanks, Stephen, that did the trick - all back to normal now! -- Regards Margot *-*-*-* Sent using Mozilla on a 100% Microsoft-Free Computer Registered Linux User 307617 http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586 kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk ~~~ For a young man, not yet: for an old man, never at all. -- Diogenes, asked when a man should marry ~~~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
Michel Leunen wrote: Margot wrote: When I try to login to Xfce4 as user, either from the login manager or by using 'startxfce4' from a terminal, I get a few seconds of the Xfce 'mouse' (or is it meant to be a rat?) logo flashing, and then I just get the blue screen with the Mandrake logo. Everything was fine yesterday, but not working when I rebooted this morning. Just a guess. In the meantime didn't you change the ~/.config/xfce4/initrc file? I just had the same behavior with a wrong initrc. To test, just rename initrc and launch xfce without it. It must start without a glitch. Michel Michel, Thanks for your response. Couldn't find the file you mentioned - deleted by cat, perhaps? Anyway, Stephen's solution fixed the problem. -- Regards Margot *-*-*-* Sent using Mozilla on a 100% Microsoft-Free Computer Registered Linux User 307617 http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586 kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk ~~~ For a young man, not yet: for an old man, never at all. -- Diogenes, asked when a man should marry ~~~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
Mr. Geek wrote: Margot wrote: [I blame the cat - attempting sneaky overnight downloads of 'kitty porn' must have corrupted a file somewhere!] Margot; Maybe the cat and the kitty-porn scared the XFCE Mouse into shock? BTW, How's Rival, Felix, Simone, the goat and the duck? BTW, Was the boxing match that bad? Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 I recognise that Linux User number! Trying to sneak up on me by using a different email address? Naughty! ;-) -- Regards Margot *-*-*-* Sent using Mozilla on a 100% Microsoft-Free Computer Registered Linux User 307617 http://counter.li.org Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586 kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk ~~~ For a young man, not yet: for an old man, never at all. -- Diogenes, asked when a man should marry ~~~ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 user login broken
Margot wrote: Couldn't find the file you mentioned - deleted by cat, perhaps? :-) Not sure I gave you the correct path to this file. initrc only exist if you have created it because you have special programs to launch at session startup for instance. Michel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Xfce4 settings question
This ought to be easy but I can't figure it out. How do I get the iconbox to launch with xfce4 instead of having to start it from the command line? Is there anywhere I should put a script for this and any other program I want launched on startup? The xfce manual can only be described as cryptic. Happy new year y'all. Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 settings question
Graham Watkins wrote: This ought to be easy but I can't figure it out. How do I get the iconbox to launch with xfce4 instead of having to start it from the command line? Is there anywhere I should put a script for this and any other program I want launched on startup? The xfce manual can only be described as cryptic. Happy new year y'all. Graham Your probably right about there being a script you can edit. I took a look at startxfce4 and decided I didn't want to mess with it. I'm using XFCE 4.2rc3 right now - But some of these procedures may apply. 1. I can't remember if Icon Box was a selectable from the add item to the panel option accessed by placing the mouse arrow on an item in the panel and right clicking the mouse button. Just thought I'd mention that in case you haven't tried it. 2. You can install a launcher onto the panel. This is a little bit easier than starting it from the commandline. This has worked for me in RC3. Once I ran iconbox I then quit XFCE selecting the save session option. Icon box was up and running when I ran XFCE again. I then removed the launcher from the panel, quit XFCE again - this time I deselected the save session option. Icon Box now runs automatically now each time I run XFCE. I do hope someone else has some better suggestions. :) Regards, -- Kenneth Rhodes 100% MicroSoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 settings question
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 10:14:51AM +, Graham Watkins wrote: This ought to be easy but I can't figure it out. How do I get the iconbox to launch with xfce4 instead of having to start it from the command line? Is there anywhere I should put a script for this and any other program I want launched on startup? You have a couple of options. 1. Put a script in $HOME/Desktop/Autostart to start iconbox. It would be as simple as #!/bin/bash /path/to/iconbox The issue with this is that if you decide to switch to another desktop environment, iconbox will start. 2. Add a line to /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4 (in mine, your location might be different like /etc/xdg/xfce4). Just take a peek inside that file and you'll see where different things are started. Just add a line with iconbox and you should be good to go. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?
I've been using XFCE4 for a while now after switching from KDE - much quicker to load, simple layout, does what I want it to do...until now. I set a nice simple desktop layout - panel at the bottom, icons growing up the right hand side, taskbar at the top, a plain purple background with a small picture of my cat in the middle so I have a friendly face to look at when all windows are closed - my one concession to eye candy! Last night, while I was checking my emails, my desktop changed itself! I still have the same XFCE4 layout of panel, icons and taskbar, but my purple cat background disappeared and was replaced with what looks like KDE! Blue background, stars 10 logo bottom right, and a sprinkling of icons - the very same icons that I created on my desktop when I used KDE! Too tired to deal with it last night, so closed down left it to the morning. Booted logged in this morning, got a quick flash of my normal purple cat background, then the KDE lookalike background appeared again!!! Right-clicking on the desktop itself, and selecting the Change Desktop Background option, I get the standard Mandrake choices - what I'm seeing at the moment. And I tested the icons - they work (on a double-click). Using the XFCE4 settings launcher from the panel and choosing Desktop:backdrop it shows that I have selected the purple background with the centred picture of my cat - but this is not being displayed! What have I broken? How do I fix it? Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Margot wrote: I've been using XFCE4 for a while now after switching from KDE - much quicker to load, simple layout, does what I want it to do...until now. I set a nice simple desktop layout - panel at the bottom, icons growing up the right hand side, taskbar at the top, a plain purple background with a small picture of my cat in the middle so I have a friendly face to look at when all windows are closed - my one concession to eye candy! Last night, while I was checking my emails, my desktop changed itself! I still have the same XFCE4 layout of panel, icons and taskbar, but my purple cat background disappeared and was replaced with what looks like KDE! Blue background, stars 10 logo bottom right, and a sprinkling of icons - the very same icons that I created on my desktop when I used KDE! Too tired to deal with it last night, so closed down left it to the morning. Booted logged in this morning, got a quick flash of my normal purple cat background, then the KDE lookalike background appeared again!!! Right-clicking on the desktop itself, and selecting the Change Desktop Background option, I get the standard Mandrake choices - what I'm seeing at the moment. And I tested the icons - they work (on a double-click). Using the XFCE4 settings launcher from the panel and choosing Desktop:backdrop it shows that I have selected the purple background with the centred picture of my cat - but this is not being displayed! What have I broken? How do I fix it? Margot I had a similar problem when I first started using pekwm. Everytime I fired up nautilus it also brought up the gnome background. I discovered that 'nautilus --no-desktop' fixes this problem. I am not sure if KDE/konquerer has a similar feature but it might be something to look into. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?
Todd Slater wrote: How are you starting XFce4? My initial thought is that you have some program running in the background that is changing your background. Switch on computer, select user 'margot', xfce4 is selected by default, enter my password...I usually have kppp and konsole running at startup from a saved session the day before, but I close everything else - I've found that xfce4 seems unable to save sessions if I leave OpenOffice open. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by icons growing up the right hand side. Are you using some other app to get icons on your desktop? Or, are you taking about the iconbox? Are you even using xfdesktop? Yes, the iconbox - mine is set to start at bottom right and grow upwards, so it normally contains 2 icons at startup - kppp and konsole - and acquires more during the day. Anyway, check your startup script and make sure you're not starting chbg or some such. Todd Errr...I'm afraid I have no idea where to find the startup script! And what is chbg? Thanks for your help so far. Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?
Job Evers wrote: I had a similar problem when I first started using pekwm. Everytime I fired up nautilus it also brought up the gnome background. I discovered that 'nautilus --no-desktop' fixes this problem. I am not sure if KDE/konquerer has a similar feature but it might be something to look into. Interesting...I looked into ksysguard, found that nautilus was running, killed it...and my normal desktop background is back! What is doubly interesting is that nautilus was running at all - I have never used it, so it must have started itself! I wonder why... Anyway, if it happens again, at least I know how to cure it - thanks! Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 06:50, Margot wrote: Errr...I'm afraid I have no idea where to find the startup script! And what is chbg? Thanks for your help so far. Margot /etc/X11/xfce4/xinitrc stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. There have, in the course of decadent history, been many large wigs, often with build-in gewgaws to stop people having to look at boring hair all the time. There had been ones big enough to contain pet mice or clockwork ornaments. Mme Cupidor, mistress of Mad King Soup II, had one with a bird cage in it, but on special state occasions wore one containing a perpetual calendar, a floral clock and a take-away linguini shop. (Lords and Ladies) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?
Stephen Kuhn wrote:
On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 06:50, Margot wrote:
Errr...I'm afraid I have no idea where to find the startup script!
And what is chbg?
Thanks for your help so far.
Margot
/etc/X11/xfce4/xinitrc
Thanks Stephen! Well, here's the file - does it look normal? No
mention of chbg, or of nautilus...
xsetroot -solid black -cursor_name watch
# fix broken $UID on some system...
if test x$UID = x; then
UID=`id -u`
fi
# Those are my settings, change them as appropriate...
# Xft DPI: 96
# Xft.hintstyle: hintnone/hintslight/hintmedium/hintfull
# Xft hinting: 1/0
#xrdb -nocpp -merge - EOF
#Xft.dpi: 96
#Xft.hinting: 1
#Xft.hintstyle: hintmedium
#EOF
test -f $HOME/.Xmodmap xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap
# Uncomment this if you want to load Xresources and/or Xdefaults
# test -f $HOME/.Xresources xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources
# test -f $HOME/.Xdefaults xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xdefaults
# Launch xscreensaver (if available), but only as non-root user
test $UID -gt 0 test -z $VNCSESSION xscreensaver -no-splash
# Run xfce4-session if installed
xfcesm=`which xfce4-session`
case x$xfcesm in
x|xno*)
;;
*)
exec $xfcesm
# Shouldn't get there, but anyway...
exit
;;
esac
# or use old-fashioned startup script otherwise
xfce-mcs-manager
xfwm4 --daemon
# Start-up stuff from ~/Desktop/Autostart directory, if it exists
# (as it seems to be the new standard)
if test -d $HOME/Desktop/Autostart; then
for i in `ls -1 -L ${HOME}/Desktop/Autostart/ 2/dev/null`; do
if test -x $HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i; then
$HOME/Desktop/Autostart/$i
fi
done
fi
xftaskbar4
xfdesktop
xfcalendar
panel=`which xfce4-panel`
case x$panel in
x|xno*)
;;
*)
$panel
ret=$?
while test $ret -ne 0; do
xmessage -center -file - -timeout 20 -title Error EOF
A crash occured in the panel
Please report this to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list
Meanwhile the panel will be restarted
EOF
cat 2 EOF
A crash occured in the panel
Please report this to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list
Meanwhile the panel will be restarted
EOF
$panel
ret=$?
done
;;
esac
xsetroot -bg white -fg red -solid black -cursor_name watch
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Re: [newbie] XFCE4 looks like KDE...huh?
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 11:08:47PM +0100, Margot wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 06:50, Margot wrote: Errr...I'm afraid I have no idea where to find the startup script! And what is chbg? Thanks for your help so far. Margot /etc/X11/xfce4/xinitrc Thanks Stephen! Well, here's the file - does it look normal? No mention of chbg, or of nautilus... Since you didn't know where it was we can assume you didn't change anything in it :) Check your ~/Desktop/Autostart and see if you have anything in there that might be starting Nautilus. Also, IIRC XFce4 would launch Nautilus to display its documentation. So, if you ever looked at the help for anything in XFce4, that may have been what launched Nautilus. I may be wrong on that, though. I think now it just uses the browser environment variable for displaying help, which is what has me confused, but I haven't set it up from scratch for so long that I just don't know. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xfce4 Realplayer
Hi guys, Whenever I start Realplayer under the xfce4 window manager, it runs but I get no sound. Anyone know how to fix this? I'm running Mandrake 9.2 and Realplayer 8. Thanks, -- Graham Watkins Don't be lucid and ironic; people will turn this against you to show that you aren't a nice person. - Albert Camus Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] xfce4 Realplayer
On Tuesday 06 July 2004 20:40, Graham Watkins wrote: Hi guys, Whenever I start Realplayer under the xfce4 window manager, it runs but I get no sound. Anyone know how to fix this? I'm running Mandrake 9.2 and Realplayer 8. Thanks, Is it under XFCE only, or does it work under other WM's ? I had some trouble with RealPlayer too : first, no sound, then fiddling around with various settings it went on, but had a very sharp pitch. Solved that by setting disable custom sampling. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* *www.haulrich.net* *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.3* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 06:03 am, Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 18 May 2004 4:13 am, David B. Williams wrote: Does anyone know how I get the terminal from the task bar on Xfce4 to start in a particular directory? I have looked at all of the stuff in the .Xfce4 directory and nothing seems to have anything to do with the terminal start point. By-the-way, I am using /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt and have checked in that directory for the config info and haven't found anything that seems to correlate to what directory that rxvt starts in. And, I am using rxvt because whatever xfce4 defaults to - couldn't be found when I installed xfce4. man rxvt and man bash to find a command-line option that does what you want. Then change the command line that XFCE4 uses to invoke it. (right-click, properties) Having said that, I can't see any really good way to do what you want. The only way I can see is to specify a specific .bashrc file for bash. rxvt -e /bin/bash --rcfile myrcfile Where myrcfile contains: source ~/.bashrc cd mydirectory Note: I haven't tested this. This ended up being a simple script error. I changed to the seti directory to start seti and then run xsessions. In KDE, this didn't seem to affect anything, In XFCE4, it left everything starting in the seti directory. THanks for the help. DBW -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 4:13 am, David B. Williams wrote: Does anyone know how I get the terminal from the task bar on Xfce4 to start in a particular directory? I have looked at all of the stuff in the .Xfce4 directory and nothing seems to have anything to do with the terminal start point. By-the-way, I am using /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt and have checked in that directory for the config info and haven't found anything that seems to correlate to what directory that rxvt starts in. And, I am using rxvt because whatever xfce4 defaults to - couldn't be found when I installed xfce4. man rxvt and man bash to find a command-line option that does what you want. Then change the command line that XFCE4 uses to invoke it. (right-click, properties) Having said that, I can't see any really good way to do what you want. The only way I can see is to specify a specific .bashrc file for bash. rxvt -e /bin/bash --rcfile myrcfile Where myrcfile contains: source ~/.bashrc cd mydirectory Note: I haven't tested this. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] XFCE4
Does anyone know how I get the terminal from the task bar on Xfce4 to start in a particular directory? I have looked at all of the stuff in the .Xfce4 directory and nothing seems to have anything to do with the terminal start point. By-the-way, I am using /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt and have checked in that directory for the config info and haven't found anything that seems to correlate to what directory that rxvt starts in. And, I am using rxvt because whatever xfce4 defaults to - couldn't be found when I installed xfce4. -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xfce4 - wastebasket - where?
I've been sorting out my filing, deleted a load of out-of-date files, and then spent the last half hour trying to find the wastebasket in order to empty it! Can someone please tell me where to find my wastebasket in xfce4? Thanks! Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Xfce4-- running apps vanish
I've been using Xfce4 near-exclusively for a couple of months now, and I've absolutely fallen in love with it-- coming from KDE, I feel like I've graduated, in a way. ;) Unfortunately, I've run into a serious problem in the last couple of weeks and hope that someone can help. Once every day or two, for no apparent reason, every single application opened in a particular workspace will suddenly disappear. It's like I killed them all at once. There's no warning, there are no error messages-- everything in that workspace just vanishes. It has (so far) only happened in whichever workspace is active; applications opened in other workspaces are unscathed. It appears to be random-- I haven't been able to pin the behavior to a particular application or action. Sometimes it happens while I'm working; other times I'll leave the room and return several minutes later to find everything gone. I haven't been able to purposely duplicate the problem. It happens on both my home and work computers, too-- while both are running Mandrake 9.2, the computers themselves basically have only the Intel architecture in common. The two are configured and run very differently. I installed Xfce4 using the same packages on both machines. I had thought that perhaps there was some kind of conflict with software I had installed at home, but that wouldn't explain why I see the same behavior at work. Is anyone familiar with this issue? I've had a quick look at the Xfce4 forums, and haven't seen anything promising. I was going to post this over there, but I worried that perhaps I've been missing something painfully obvious. I've embarrassed myself in this list before, so I know what to expect. ;) Thanks very much in advance. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4-- running apps vanish
Hi Marv, On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 11:06:53AM -0400, Marv Boyes wrote: I've been using Xfce4 near-exclusively for a couple of months now, and I've absolutely fallen in love with it-- coming from KDE, I feel like I've graduated, in a way. ;) Unfortunately, I've run into a serious problem in the last couple of weeks and hope that someone can help. X-Mailer: sharp pda mailer/5.0[us](SL-5500/1.0) Can't help you with your XFce4 question, but I was curious about your setup with the Zaurus. Are you using the default Sharp ROM? Wireless? Another keyboard? (It pains me to think you typed that message on the Z!) Todd, who mainly plays backgammon and Go on his SL-5500. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] XFCE4 - how do i find my system tray icon / minimized apps ?
how do i find my system tray icon / minimized apps ? i see the launcher at the bottom that starts with a terminal. no apps though. i discovered ctrl-tab would work but i was hoping for something more functional than that. also while i am able to change themes i cannot change the window galaxy window border. also is the navigational menu supposed to be iconless ? would also like to change the default web browser to Epiphany. whatever is at the bottom if its iconbox or not does not hold my minimized apps. seems a curious thing. maybe i could switch to it. just need to find out how it works.. thank you Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4 - how do i find my system tray icon / minimized apps ?
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 01:54:19PM -0500, mdk n00b wrote: how do i find my system tray icon / minimized apps ? i see the launcher at the bottom that starts with a terminal. no apps though. i discovered ctrl-tab would work but i was hoping for something more functional than that. also while i am able to change themes i cannot change the window galaxy window border. also is the navigational menu supposed to be iconless ? would also like to change the default web browser to Epiphany. whatever is at the bottom if its iconbox or not does not hold my minimized apps. seems a curious thing. maybe i could switch to it. just need to find out how it works.. thank you 1. You hijacked a thread. 2. Please remove the reply-to setting in your MUA. 3. Have you read any of the XFce4 docs? The system tray only works for apps that honor that system--I only know of a few like Gaim and Liferea. The systray is *not* a taskbar or a place for minimized apps (other than those I mentioned). It has to be enabled on your panel--you know how to add/modify items on the panel, right? You can use xftaskbar or iconbox for everything else. Change window settings through the settings manager window manager decoration style and there are a ton to choose from. If you can't find it maybe you didn't install the xfwm4-themes or styles. I don't know what you mean by navigational menu. To change default browser, edit ~/.bashrc and add the line: export BROWSER=your_fav_browser_here HTH, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xfce4-4.0.3
I now have the xfce-4.0.3 rpms This is a maintenance release. Due to the memory leak found in the window manager code, users of all previous versions of xfce4 beta and xfce 4.0.x releases are highly encouraged to upgrade. At the moment the rpms are only available by using urpmi/rpmdrake, too lazy to update the index file today, maybe I'll get to it tomorrow. Charles -- I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks. -- Totie Fields -- Mandrake Linux 9.2 Registered Linux user #182463 Machine: TallBoy #184143 http://www.eslrahc.com -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[newbie] XFce4 and gdm
Greetings,
I recently installed rpms for xfce4 from the
http://clevername.homeip.net. I followed the directions until I got to
the part on letting which kdm not my dm know where to find xfce4. I use
gdm. I tried using Fndsession and received no messages and no changes
as far as I can tell. So I da finally looked at the file:
more /usr/sbin/fndSession produced:
#!/bin/sh
# fndSession (c) MandrakeSoft, Chmouel Boudjnah
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
## FindSession for kdm and gdm.
[ -x /usr/sbin/chksession ] || {
echo I can't find /usr/sbin/chksession
echo check your installation
exit 1
}
if [ -e /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc ];then
LIST=`/usr/sbin/chksession -k` perl -pi -e
's|^SessionTypes=.*|$ENV{LIST}|'\
/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
fi
if [ -d /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions ];then
/usr/sbin/chksession -g
fi
Now a man of chksession found the -g switch to look at the
/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions subdirectory and here is where I found the wm's
that gdm knows about. My question is each file listed there calls makes
a successive call of a script Xsession using the selected file as an cml
switch.
What do I need to do to insert the XFce4 start up scipt there? Is it as
easy as setting up a simple script calling startxfce4 or is it more
involved? If you require more detail I'll try to provide it, but the
deeper I got in to the scripts the more unsure I became.
Thanks,
Terry
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Re: [newbie] XFCE4 rc3
Thanks for that link! :) :) :) - Original Message - From: Joeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:41:04 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] XFCE4 rc3 Ken Rhodes wrote: Alright! I am delighted to find that XFCE4 rc3 is out. Now can any one tell me if the redhat 9.0 rpm tarball with all the goodies will install on Mandrake 9.1? Just call me Casper Milquetoast. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Why not just get Mandrake RPMS from http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/ I haven't tried the RC3 yet, but the RC2 worked great! Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4 rc3
Ken Rhodes wrote: Alright! I am delighted to find that XFCE4 rc3 is out. Now can any one tell me if the redhat 9.0 rpm tarball with all the goodies will install on Mandrake 9.1? Just call me Casper Milquetoast. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Why not just get Mandrake RPMS from http://clevername.homeip.net/xfce4/ I haven't tried the RC3 yet, but the RC2 worked great! Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFCE4 rc3
Alright! I am delighted to find that XFCE4 rc3 is out. Now can any one tell me if the redhat 9.0 rpm tarball with all the goodies will install on Mandrake 9.1? Just call me Casper Milquetoast. :) -- __ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 and icons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 25 July 2003 00:22, Todd Slater wrote: Hi, You can use various themes in the panel. Click the setup button in the panel go to the panel settings and pick a theme. If you want to mix and match, the theme icons are located in /usr/local/share/xfce4/themes if you're using my rpm's. Or, if you want to further customize the panel, you can find icons in /usr/share/icons and /usr/share/pixmaps. Menumaker will overwrite the default xfce4 menu (~/.xfce4/menu.xml), so back it up if you want to keep it, or specify another output file (I think it's the -o switch). Run it with mmaker xfce4. You can find options by running mmaker -h. HTH, Todd Thanks, Todd Slater. However, there is something strange. There wasn't a file called menu.xml in that folder. Even so, i ran menumaker as you instructed and it created the file mymenu.xml which I moved into ~/.xfce4/ The menu doesn't show up. What could be wrong ? Thanks again. JM -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Idny4eVBtrgQWDsRAoMmAJ9pHAJbXA4qf4xQXHoYMEjFspZVcgCfeUjR qfS6IDJDF6Peg9fCugUIuwk= =JQIT -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 and icons
On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 11:31, Josenildo Marques wrote: Thanks, Todd Slater. However, there is something strange. There wasn't a file called menu.xml in that folder. Even so, i ran menumaker as you instructed and it created the file mymenu.xml which I moved into ~/.xfce4/ The menu doesn't show up. What could be wrong ? Thanks again. JM I thought the menu.xml would live in either /usr/local/etc/xfce4/ or in /usr/etc/xfce4 or /etc/xfce4 = at least I know mine lives in /usr/local/etc/xfce4 = so the menu created with MenuMaker got copied there then edited to suit my purposes... -- Sun Jul 27 00:10:00 EST 2003 00:10:00 up 12 days, 16:13, 3 users, load average: 0.07, 0.07, 0.11 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * I didn't get sophisticated -- I just got tired. But maybe that's what sophisticated is -- being tired. -- Rita Gain Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 and icons
On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 12:13:13AM +1000, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 11:31, Josenildo Marques wrote: Thanks, Todd Slater. However, there is something strange. There wasn't a file called menu.xml in that folder. Even so, i ran menumaker as you instructed and it created the file mymenu.xml which I moved into ~/.xfce4/ The menu doesn't show up. What could be wrong ? Thanks again. JM I thought the menu.xml would live in either /usr/local/etc/xfce4/ or in /usr/etc/xfce4 or /etc/xfce4 = at least I know mine lives in /usr/local/etc/xfce4 = so the menu created with MenuMaker got copied there then edited to suit my purposes... My guess is that he's using a custom start script or the one in /usr/local/etc/xfce4, which could default to looking for the menu in /usr/local/etc/xfce4. I set mine up with the xinitrc file in ~/.xfce4, so that's probably why mine looks for menu.xml in ~/.xfce4. Anyway, Josenildo, you could try moving mymenu.xml to just menu.xml and putting that in ~/.xfce4. It that doesn't work, as Stephen suggested, move it to /usr/local/etc/xfce4. Let us know how you make out, Todd -- Name that tune #21: I live in the ghetto, you just come to visit me around election time. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 and icons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 26 July 2003 13:33, Todd Slater wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 12:13:13AM +1000, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 11:31, Josenildo Marques wrote: Thanks, Todd Slater. However, there is something strange. There wasn't a file called menu.xml in that folder. Even so, i ran menumaker as you instructed and it created the file mymenu.xml which I moved into ~/.xfce4/ The menu doesn't show up. What could be wrong ? Thanks again. JM I thought the menu.xml would live in either /usr/local/etc/xfce4/ or in /usr/etc/xfce4 or /etc/xfce4 = at least I know mine lives in /usr/local/etc/xfce4 = so the menu created with MenuMaker got copied there then edited to suit my purposes... My guess is that he's using a custom start script or the one in /usr/local/etc/xfce4, which could default to looking for the menu in /usr/local/etc/xfce4. I set mine up with the xinitrc file in ~/.xfce4, so that's probably why mine looks for menu.xml in ~/.xfce4. Anyway, Josenildo, you could try moving mymenu.xml to just menu.xml and putting that in ~/.xfce4. It that doesn't work, as Stephen suggested, move it to /usr/local/etc/xfce4. Let us know how you make out, Todd I ran Menumaker again without the -o switch and it did everything as expected, thus creating the menu.xml file in my ~/.xfce4/ Thank you very much, guys. And Happy Unbirthday to all ! JM -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/It644eVBtrgQWDsRAo8tAJ9mKVRYvI9iVBtvJVLxfzkp3royJQCgi5Al xE2ujrW9yzbnqc3yR1nmqFg= =7cDC -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 23:28:37 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, I've finally got it up and running. I needed to reboot the computer for KDM to show XFce4. (Was that in your directions? I apologize, if it was, since that means I wasted your time.) But, I wanted to say thanks a lot for helping me out and creating the rpms for XFce4. Jack To tell you the truth, I don't remember if I rebooted or not. I have an 11-month old daughter who has discovered the buttons on the computer and for a while there she was turning it off 2 or 3 times a day. But I don't *think* it's necessary; when I learned how to do it I added entries for fluxbox and oroborus, and I'm pretty sure I didn't reboot to see them. Did you rename your 19xfce4 to 19XFce4? Just wondering if *that* was case-sensitive and had to match everything else. Todd -- Name that tune #7: A lot of people don't have much food on their table, but they got a lot of forks and knives; well they gotta cut something. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
Ok, I'm pretty sure I've got everything downloaded and installed, and I have the executable file 19xfce4 where I'm supposed to. However, I still do not have XFce4 in my kdm startup menu. Here's the kdmrc file's contents. Is there something wrong with it? [Desktop0] BackgroundMode=Flat BlendBalance=100 BlendMode=NoBlending ChangeInterval=60 Color1=33,68,156 Color2=192,192,192 CurrentWallpaper=0 LastChange=0 MinOptimizationDepth=1 MultiWallpaperMode=NoMulti Pattern= Program= ReverseBlending=false UseSHM=false Wallpaper=/usr/share/mdk/backgrounds/default.png WallpaperList= WallpaperMode=Scaled [General] PidFile=/var/run/xdm.pid Xservers=/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers [Shutdown] HaltCmd=/sbin/halt LiloCmd=/sbin/lilo LiloMap=/boot/map RebootCmd=/sbin/reboot UseLilo=true [X-*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=false AllowRootLogin=false AllowShutdown=Root AutoReLogin=false Reset= Resources=/etc/X11/xdm/Xresources Session=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession Setup= Startup= SystemPath=/usr//bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin::/usr/local/bin UserPath=/usr//bin:/bin:/usr/bin::/usr/local/bin [X-*-Greeter] AntiAliasing=true AuthComplain=false EchoMode=OneStar FailFont=Sans,12,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0 FocusPasswd=false GUIStyle=Galaxy ColorScheme=Galaxy GreetFont=Sans,24,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 GreetString=Welcome to %n GreeterPosFixed=false GreeterPosX=0 GreeterPosY=0 HiddenUsers=adm,bin,daemon,games,halt,lp,mail,news,nobody,operator,root,rpc,rpcuser,rpm,shutdown,sshd,sync,uucp,xfs, Language=en_US LogoArea=None LogoPixmap= MaxShowUID=65535 MinShowUID=500 PreselectUser=None SelectedUsers= SessionTypes=KDE,GNOME,XFce4,Enlightenment,IceWM,Sawfish,Waimea,failsafe,default SortUsers=true StdFont=Sans,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 ShowUsers=All [X-:*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=true AllowRootLogin=true AllowShutdown=All NoPassEnable=false NoPassUsers= [X-:0-Core] Authorize=true AutoLogin1st=true AutoLoginEnable=false Reset=/etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole Setup=/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 Startup=/etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole [X-:1-Core] Authorize=true [Xdmcp] Enable=false KeyFile=/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-keys Willing= Xaccess=/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess Also, perhaps I've got my 19xfce4 file wrong. Here are its contents: NAME=XFce4 ICON=xfce4.png EXEC=/usr/bin/startxfce4 DESC=The bleeding edge SCRIPT: exec /usr/bin/startxfce4 -- Ever since I've download this stuff, however, other problems have been occuring. For example, everytime I try to use mplayer to play a wmv file or xine to play a quicktime file (I have the plugins installed for both of these programs), xine and mplayer both just lock up. RealPlayer 8 does the same when I try to view some RealPlayer files from the web. Any ideas? __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Xfce4 and icons
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please, where can I find more icons so that i can have them on the panel ? (I know there's plenty of them, but I don't know exactly where.) I've also downloaded and installed the menumaker, but I don't know what to do now. TIA JM -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/IFvj4eVBtrgQWDsRAtuJAJ4ufh6WxGD3Q5+4h/hvCAZfwxhG/ACfWBo7 wJCeqJBCoEufHdGj6NnTjpI= =efHd -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Xfce4 and icons
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 19:21:15 -0300 Josenildo Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please, where can I find more icons so that i can have them on the panel ? (I know there's plenty of them, but I don't know exactly where.) I've also downloaded and installed the menumaker, but I don't know what to do now. Hi, You can use various themes in the panel. Click the setup button in the panel go to the panel settings and pick a theme. If you want to mix and match, the theme icons are located in /usr/local/share/xfce4/themes if you're using my rpm's. Or, if you want to further customize the panel, you can find icons in /usr/share/icons and /usr/share/pixmaps. Menumaker will overwrite the default xfce4 menu (~/.xfce4/menu.xml), so back it up if you want to keep it, or specify another output file (I think it's the -o switch). Run it with mmaker xfce4. You can find options by running mmaker -h. HTH, Todd -- Name that tune #2: Turn up the Eagles the neighbors are listening. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
Ok, I've finally got it up and running. I needed to reboot the computer for KDM to show XFce4. (Was that in your directions? I apologize, if it was, since that means I wasted your time.) But, I wanted to say thanks a lot for helping me out and creating the rpms for XFce4. Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xfce4-rc2 rpms that Todd wrote.
Ok, Joe, if you're still up, I need your help. I downloaded the rpm packages for xfce4-rc2 that Todd was kind enough to create and I have them all in a file called xfce4-rc2 as per Todd's directions. The question is: what do I do now? Is there a way to install all of the packages with one command? Or do I have to install them one at a time? Thanks Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xfce4-rc2 rpms that Todd wrote.
If you add the dir they are in to your rpm sources (this can be done in mcc if need be) you can install them all at once. mcc (at cli) then software -- software sources -- add -- borwse (don't worry about hdlist). Then install by repository or something like that. For the last round, there were 4 that had to be installed in order, so don't forget to do those first (if that's still a rule.) eric On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 02:21:28 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, Joe, if you're still up, I need your help. I downloaded the rpm packages for xfce4-rc2 that Todd was kind enough to create and I have them all in a file called xfce4-rc2 as per Todd's directions. The question is: what do I do now? Is there a way to install all of the packages with one command? Or do I have to install them one at a time? Thanks Jack Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xfce4-rc2 rpms that Todd wrote.
On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 16:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, Joe, if you're still up, I need your help. I downloaded the rpm packages for xfce4-rc2 that Todd was kind enough to create and I have them all in a file called xfce4-rc2 as per Todd's directions. The question is: what do I do now? Is there a way to install all of the packages with one command? Or do I have to install them one at a time? Thanks Jack You COULD open a terminal in that directory and type: rpm -ivh --force --nodeps *.rpm ...but I'd advise doing it by the listed sequence on his website. -- Mon Jul 21 16:50:00 EST 2003 16:50:00 up 7 days, 8:53, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.08, 0.02 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * My mind can never know my body, although it has become quite friendly with my legs. -- Woody Allen, on Epistemology Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xfce4-rc2 rpms that Todd wrote.
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 02:21:28 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Ok, Joe, if you're still up, I need your help. I downloaded the rpm packages for xfce4-rc2 that Todd was kind enough to create and I have them all in a file called xfce4-rc2 as per Todd's directions. The question is: what do I do now? Is there a way to install all of the packages with one command? Or do I have to install them one at a time? in that directory, urpmi *.rpm -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ For your penance, say five Hail Marys and one loud BLAH! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xfce4-rc2 rpms that Todd wrote.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 02:21:28AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, Joe, if you're still up, I need your help. I downloaded the rpm packages for xfce4-rc2 that Todd was kind enough to create and I have them all in a file called xfce4-rc2 as per Todd's directions. The question is: what do I do now? Is there a way to install all of the packages with one command? Or do I have to install them one at a time? I would just install the first four that require a certain sequence manually with: rpm -ivh libxxx.rpm Then I'd move those 4 to a subdirectory and then do: rpm -ivh *.rpm to install the rest. Unless, of course, you don't want to install all the packages. For example, I no longer use the iconbox or file mangler and I think a lot of people probably don't, too. Or, add them as a urpmi source like Eric or Joe suggested. HTH, Todd -- Name that tune #22: No caffeine, no protein, no booze or nicotine. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
I was following the Gnome vs. KDE thread and decided to try XFce4. I've downloaded and installed all the required rpm's in the correct order plus a few others. I also followed the instructions on the download page to add an XFce4 entry to KDM, and I put the startup script outlined under My startup script in my /usr/bin directory. But when I select XFce4 from KDM I end up in IceWM. Does anyone have any advice for me? Thanks! - Grant Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 09:14:42AM -0700, Grant wrote: I was following the Gnome vs. KDE thread and decided to try XFce4. I've downloaded and installed all the required rpm's in the correct order plus a few others. I also followed the instructions on the download page to add an XFce4 entry to KDM, and I put the startup script outlined under My startup script in my /usr/bin directory. But when I select XFce4 from KDM I end up in IceWM. Does anyone have any advice for me? Thanks! Grant, You can ignore the My startup script and use XFcd4's script, which is at /usr/local/bin/startxfce4. So, you'd have to edit /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 (or whatever number you gave it) to point to that script in both the exec lines. Note that NAME in /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 is case-sensitive in that you need to use the same thing in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. So, if it's XFce4 in the first it needs to be that in the second. Clear as mud? As an alternative, if you want to use the my startup script, did you make it executable? (chmod +x scriptname) Let us know how you get along. Cheers, Todd -- Name that tune #18: When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world the babies just come with the scenery. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you'd have to edit /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 (or whatever number you gave it) to point to that script in both the exec lines. Todd, When I installed everything (I think) I did not get the above file (certainly not in the above location anyway). Did I do something wrong? Also, how do I modify scripts? If I open the file I can read it but it doesn't let me change anything. Thanks for your time Jack __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 09:14:42AM -0700, Grant wrote: I was following the Gnome vs. KDE thread and decided to try XFce4. I've downloaded and installed all the required rpm's in the correct order plus a few others. I also followed the instructions on the download page to add an XFce4 entry to KDM, and I put the startup script outlined under My startup script in my /usr/bin directory. But when I select XFce4 from KDM I end up in IceWM. Does anyone have any advice for me? Thanks! Grant, You can ignore the My startup script and use XFcd4's script, which is at /usr/local/bin/startxfce4. So, you'd have to edit /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 (or whatever number you gave it) to point to that script in both the exec lines. Note that NAME in /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 is case-sensitive in that you need to use the same thing in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. So, if it's XFce4 in the first it needs to be that in the second. Clear as mud? As an alternative, if you want to use the my startup script, did you make it executable? (chmod +x scriptname) Let us know how you get along. Cheers, Todd Todd, thanks so much. The key info for me was making the file executable (so that's why those filenames are green). I've installed all the packages and am currently using your startup script. What should my script look like if I want to turn everything on and take it for a ride? I don't seem to have the default startup script under /usr/local/bin . Thanks! - Grant Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 03:46:16PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, you'd have to edit /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 (or whatever number you gave it) to point to that script in both the exec lines. Todd, When I installed everything (I think) I did not get the above file (certainly not in the above location anyway). Did I do something wrong? Also, how do I modify scripts? If I open the file I can read it but it doesn't let me change anything. Thanks for your time Jack Jack, that is if you want to add an XFce4 entry to KDM, the graphical login manager. If you don't want to do that, you can ignore it. You *can* use the startup script I provided, but I really think /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 is better. If you save it as .xsession (backup your old .xsession if you have one) and choose Default in KDM, it will execute the .xsession script. It has to be executable (chmod u+x .xsession) If you just log in via command line, you can execute /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 to start xfce4. I can't really help with GDM. As far as modifying scripts, it must be a permission issue. Who owns the script you want to modify? If you're talking about something system-wide you most likely have to be root to modify it. Todd -- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFce4 newbie problems
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:37:34 -0700 Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 09:14:42AM -0700, Grant wrote: I was following the Gnome vs. KDE thread and decided to try XFce4. I've downloaded and installed all the required rpm's in the correct order plus a few others. I also followed the instructions on the download page to add an XFce4 entry to KDM, and I put the startup script outlined under My startup script in my /usr/bin directory. But when I select XFce4 from KDM I end up in IceWM. Does anyone have any advice for me? Thanks! Grant, You can ignore the My startup script and use XFcd4's script, which is at /usr/local/bin/startxfce4. So, you'd have to edit /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 (or whatever number you gave it) to point to that script in both the exec lines. Note that NAME in /etc/X11/wmsession.d/19xfce4 is case-sensitive in that you need to use the same thing in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. So, if it's XFce4 in the first it needs to be that in the second. Clear as mud? As an alternative, if you want to use the my startup script, did you make it executable? (chmod +x scriptname) Let us know how you get along. Cheers, Todd Todd, thanks so much. The key info for me was making the file executable(so that's why those filenames are green). I've installed all the packages and am currently using your startup script. What should my script look like if I want to turn everything on and take it for a ride? I don't seem to have the default startup script under /usr/local/bin . Thanks! - Grant Glad it's working. You don't have startxfce4 in /usr/local/bin? Really all you need is: xfce-mcs-manager xfwm4 --daemon xftaskbar4 xfdesktop exec xfce4-panel I'm back to using the taskbar now instead of the iconbox; you can run them both at the same time I suppose. Most everything else is a panel plugin or available through setup. Right-click the panel to add a new item or set the properties of the various packages. Cheers, Todd -- Name that tune #7: A lot of people don't have much food on their table, but they got a lot of forks and knives; well they gotta cut something. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XFCE4....er....starting?
Damn...thought I'd end my day with a new WM to play with - BUT THERE AIN'T NO DAMN STARTXFCE4 in the RPM's Ah well, ah hell...guess I have to muck around with it tomorrow... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4....er....starting?
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 10:03:17PM +1000, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Damn...thought I'd end my day with a new WM to play with - BUT THERE AIN'T NO DAMN STARTXFCE4 in the RPM's Ah well, ah hell...guess I have to muck around with it tomorrow... Yeah, did you see the startup script on my d/l page? If you just save that as .xsession and make it executable it'll start when you startx. If you're using kdm or gdm, select default from the wm list. I now know how to add an entry to the wm list for kdm if you're interested! Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4....er....starting?
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:13:54 -0400 todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Yeah, did you see the startup script on my d/l page? If you just save that as .xsession and make it executable it'll start when you startx. If you're using kdm or gdm, select default from the wm list. I now know how to add an entry to the wm list for kdm if you're interested! or just add to your .xinitrc like this: exec xfce4 (depending on case of course). -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 08:58:06 up 6 days, 7:01, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4....er....starting?
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 22:13, todd wrote: On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 10:03:17PM +1000, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Damn...thought I'd end my day with a new WM to play with - BUT THERE AIN'T NO DAMN STARTXFCE4 in the RPM's Ah well, ah hell...guess I have to muck around with it tomorrow... Yeah, did you see the startup script on my d/l page? If you just save that as .xsession and make it executable it'll start when you startx. If you're using kdm or gdm, select default from the wm list. I now know how to add an entry to the wm list for kdm if you're interested! Todd So if that's the case, I should be able to save it as .xinitrc and then fire up startx - mainly because I don't use DM at all...I do console login... I did notice that it was built for /usr/local/ instead of the MDK default of /usr/X11R6 - so that throws a bit off, but manageable. I'm trying to figure out how to get it to fire up with Xtart - I reckon that's going to take some mucking about...(g) More fun stuff! -- Tue Jun 10 06:55:00 EST 2003 06:55:00 up 2 days, 16:46, 3 users, load average: 0.06, 0.15, 0.17 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Q: Why don't lawyers go to the beach? A: The cats keep trying to bury them. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XFCE4....er....starting?
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 22:59, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:13:54 -0400 todd [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Yeah, did you see the startup script on my d/l page? If you just save that as .xsession and make it executable it'll start when you startx. If you're using kdm or gdm, select default from the wm list. I now know how to add an entry to the wm list for kdm if you're interested! or just add to your .xinitrc like this: exec xfce4 (depending on case of course). (Duh)(grin) It's built a bit different that what I had expected - as MDK defaults to other WM's into the prefix /usr/X11R6 - this lives in /usr/local/bin - so it's almost like going back to RHL !!! Just trying to figure out now how to get it all working with Xtart... -- Tue Jun 10 07:00:01 EST 2003 07:00:01 up 2 days, 16:51, 3 users, load average: 0.14, 0.18, 0.18 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad. -- Rob Pike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
