Todd, I'm running ROX 1.3.3 (from Mandrake) seems about the same, performance wise but, if I recall you were running a somewhat older version of Rox a few months ago. Do you have 'thumbnails' turned off?
Derek, I'll take a look at bbpager..sound good. Derek, Todd et al. Meanwhile, I grabbed fbdesk from a 'contrib' mirror. 'S'pose to put icons on your fluxbox desktop, which it does, but they don't seem to be very functional. Wassup with this addon? You guys using it? Terry Smith Cape Cod USA On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 03:49, Derek Jennings wrote: > 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 -- Terry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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