Good. Like Todd I find the gap between fluxbox and KDE has narrowed with Mandrake 9.1. KDE is faster and fluxbox seems a little slower. But KDE is still not fast enough to make it comfortable to use on my low end laptop.
While we are on the subject of fluxbox, I have an RPM of bbpager on my download page you might like to try. http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=1 BBpager gives you a view of the contents of your desktops. You can even move windows from desktop to desktop with it. Invoke it with bbpager -n -c ~/.bbtools/bbpager.nobb & in your ~/.fluxbox/startup file You will need to move the contents of /usr/share/bbtools to ~/.bbtools and edit the bbpager.nobb as required. I made these changes :- bbpager.desktopChangeButton: 1 bbpager.windowMoveButton: 1 bbpager.windowFocusButton: 3 bbpager.windowRaiseButton: 3 derek On Friday 04 Apr 2003 4:12 am, Terry Smith wrote: > They say the memory goes first :-)). So I checked some more and am > answering my own question.... > > I had actually sent a msg to a new fluxbox convert several months ago. > My knowledge, in turn came from something Derek had posted. > > Anyhow, to get fluxbox to see your 'startup' script you need a line in > the ~/.fluxbox/init config file that says: > > session.screen0.rootCommand ~/.fluxbox/startup > > The file 'startup' must be executable. > > Works fine now. > > Terry Smith > Cape Cod USA > > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 21:23, Terry Smith wrote: > > Derek, Todd and all you other fluxbox experts out there, > > > > Still probing 9.1 (the best yet IMHO ..in fact, on my 'minimalist' > > machine, I put CD1 in the drive, rebooted, left the house for 3 hours, > > came home, hit 'return' pulled the CD and had a system that worked > > perfectly [it was an update rather than a clean install but what the > > hey]) > > > > but I digress... > > > > I use fluxbox and rox in tandem as ably demonstrated by Derek and Todd > > some moths ago. The new fluxbox (fluxbox-0.1.14-6mdk but the same thing > > is true of texstar's 0.1.14 rpm) is 'overlaying' my desktop with a > > bsetbg coming from the selected theme. Said differently, although I've > > put a line in my 'startup' script like > > > > 'bsetbg -f ~/photos/picture_I_want' > > > > the actual background I get is that determined by the theme. I've tried > > commenting out the 'session.styleFile' line but that didn't work either. > > > > I thought maybe the Rox pinboard was interfering with background but > > it's turned off. > > > > Anybody seen/fixed this? > > > > TIA. > > > > Terry Smith > > Cape Cod USA > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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