Re: Enc: Option menuSearch in fluxbox init

2024-12-17 Thread Max Nikulin
On 15/12/2024 21:07, Paulo Igor Barra Nascimento wrote: 1.3.5. It seems 1.3.7 is scheduled to be present in Trixie (Debian 13). [...] 1. So, to compile 1.3.7, I had to make a "build" directory on my $HOME where I untar fluxbox-1.3.7.tar.xz (got from fluxbox.org) and

Enc: Option menuSearch in fluxbox init

2024-12-15 Thread Paulo Igor Barra Nascimento
Only to solve this one properly:  Searching harder, I found out the problem came from different versions, as I thought. Debian 12, for some unknown reason, doesn't have Fluxbox 1.3.7 (stable since 2015), but its ancient version, 1.3.5. It seems 1.3.7 is scheduled to be present in T

Option menuSearch in fluxbox init

2024-12-13 Thread Paulo Igor Barra Nascimento
Hi folks. There's an option in fluxbox that enables some fuzzy search on fluxbox menu. It's enabled changing fluxbox's init in that way: session.menuSearch: itemstart To session.menuSearch: somewhere That said, it's not working on Debian 12.8, although it's working in

Re: how to autogenerate menu for fluxbox

2022-10-22 Thread David
On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 10:15, "jindam, vani" wrote: fluxbox menu is heavily debian branded. i am trying new packages. unfortunately, menus are not updated on realtime basis. i dont mind an extra command to update or regenerate menu after installation of package. `update-menus

how to autogenerate menu for fluxbox

2022-10-22 Thread jindam, vani
fluxbox menu is heavily debian branded. i am trying new packages. unfortunately, menus are not updated on realtime basis. i dont mind an extra command to update or regenerate menu after installation of package. regards, jindam, vani toots: @jindam_v...@c.im others: en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: fluxbox: appliaction lacks frame

2022-04-03 Thread Haines Brown
On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 03:47:20PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 02:55:38PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > Usually when I start an application under fluxbox it has a frame, At > > top is the application name and buttons to hide or maximize and there

Re: fluxbox: appliaction lacks frame

2022-04-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 02:55:38PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > Usually when I start an application under fluxbox it has a frame, At > top is the application name and buttons to hide or maximize and there > is a left scrollbar. > > I installed Chromium and it lacks the top

fluxbox: appliaction lacks frame

2022-04-03 Thread Haines Brown
Usually when I start an application under fluxbox it has a frame, At top is the application name and buttons to hide or maximize and there is a left scrollbar. I installed Chromium and it lacks the top frame and left scrollbar. I also cannot access its settings except for background color and

Re: fluxbox partial installation (SOLVED)

2022-04-02 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 4/2/22, Haines Brown wrote: > > Thank you. The problem turned out to be that my hostname somehow > changed. It was originally but then it became > -10. The only way I can account for this is my senility > (87). This is my third email attempt at this. I started to say that sounds odd. I init

Re: fluxbox partial installation

2022-04-02 Thread David Wright
On Sat 02 Apr 2022 at 21:56:00 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 08:00:12PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > /etc/skel would be a potential cause for users to discover a file > > that they themselves hadn't generated in some way, but I see that > > its three entries haven't been

Re: fluxbox partial installation

2022-04-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 08:00:12PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > /etc/skel would be a potential cause for users to discover a file > that they themselves hadn't generated in some way, but I see that > its three entries haven't been changed in donkey's years. unicorn:~$ ls -a /etc/skel ./ ../ .bas

Re: fluxbox partial installation

2022-04-02 Thread David Wright
On Sat 02 Apr 2022 at 15:17:41 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 02:02:14PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > 10.7.5 User configuration files (“dotfiles”) > > > > The files in /etc/skel will automatically be copied into new user > > accounts by adduser. No other program should r

Re: fluxbox partial installation (SOLUTION)

2022-04-02 Thread Nathanael Schweers
Haines Brown writes: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 02:52:59PM +0200, Nathanael Schweers wrote: >> That’s how most window managers are designed to work. I certainly do >> something similar with i3. > > Nathan I copied over the .fluxbox hierarchy. It turned out this can be >

Re: fluxbox partial installation (SOLVED)

2022-04-02 Thread Haines Brown
On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 03:17:41PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 02:02:14PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > 10.7.5 User configuration files (“dotfiles”) > > > > The files in /etc/skel will automatically be copied into new user > > accounts by adduser. No other program should

Re: fluxbox partial installation

2022-04-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 02:02:14PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > 10.7.5 User configuration files (“dotfiles”) > > The files in /etc/skel will automatically be copied into new user > accounts by adduser. No other program should reference the files in > /etc/skel. > > Therefore, if a program needs a

Re: fluxbox partial installation

2022-04-02 Thread David Wright
On Sat 02 Apr 2022 at 08:43:11 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > After installing base system (without DE) I install xorg and then > fluxbox. > > Fluxbox gets installed, but no ~/.fluxbox directory shows up. > > I'd like to know why this happened and how to fix it. It&#

Re: fluxbox partial installation (SOLUTION)

2022-04-02 Thread Haines Brown
On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 02:52:59PM +0200, Nathanael Schweers wrote: > > Haines Brown writes: > > > After installing base system (without DE) I install xorg and then > > fluxbox. > > > > Fluxbox gets installed, but no ~/.fluxbox directory shows up. > > I h

Re: fluxbox partial installation

2022-04-02 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 02:52:59PM +0200, Nathanael Schweers wrote: > Haines Brown writes: > > Fluxbox gets installed, but no ~/.fluxbox directory shows up. Did you run it? > > Another question: can the ~/.fluxbox directory hierarchy simply be > > copied over from a work

Re: fluxbox partial installation

2022-04-02 Thread Nathanael Schweers
Haines Brown writes: > After installing base system (without DE) I install xorg and then > fluxbox. > > Fluxbox gets installed, but no ~/.fluxbox directory shows up. I haven’t used fluxbox for many years, but I don’t use a DE either. For what it’s worth, I use i3, which also does

fluxbox partial installation

2022-04-02 Thread Haines Brown
After installing base system (without DE) I install xorg and then fluxbox. Fluxbox gets installed, but no ~/.fluxbox directory shows up. I'd like to know why this happened and how to fix it. Another question: can the ~/.fluxbox directory hierarchy simply be copied over from a wo

Re: fluxbox: overriding style background color

2015-06-09 Thread Petter Adsen
On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:36:12 +0200 notoneofmy wrote: > On 15-06-08 6:08 PM, Siard wrote: > > AFAIK, you can do that in the style file, > > i.e. /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/Twice. > > > > In the last line, 'background.color: grey20', > > change 'g

Re: fluxbox: overriding style background color

2015-06-08 Thread Siard
notoneofmy wrote: > Siard wrote: > > AFAIK, you can do that in the style file, > > i.e. /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/Twice. > > Can I do the same with xfce. > I don't like the black on the top of windows. I guess so, because there is no black on the top of windows

Re: fluxbox: overriding style background color

2015-06-08 Thread notoneofmy
On 15-06-08 6:08 PM, Siard wrote: > AFAIK, you can do that in the style file, > i.e. /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/Twice. > > In the last line, 'background.color: grey20', > change 'grey20' to 'black'. Can I do the same with xfce. I don't like the bl

Re: fluxbox: overriding style background color

2015-06-08 Thread Haines Brown
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 06:08:15PM +0200, Siard wrote: > Haines Brown wrote: > > I'm running Twice window style under fluxbox. > > ... > > How do I override the Twice style background with black color? > > AFAIK, you can do that in the style file, > i.e. /usr/s

Re: fluxbox: overriding style background color

2015-06-08 Thread Siard
Haines Brown wrote: > I'm running Twice window style under fluxbox. > ... > How do I override the Twice style background with black color? AFAIK, you can do that in the style file, i.e. /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/Twice. In the last line, 'background.color: grey20', c

fluxbox: overriding style background color

2015-06-08 Thread Haines Brown
I'm running Twice window style under fluxbox. I want to change its default background color from gray to black. I can make the background black with the command fbsetroot -solid black, but it does not persist. When fluxbox is restarted, it reverts to grey. I tried putting fbsetroot |-foreg

Re: Network interfaces die when laptop lid closes in Fluxbox

2014-04-19 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 18.04.2014 05:28, schrieb Brian Cottingham: > I found the source of my problem. Turns out systemd presumes shutting > your laptop lid means the computer is going to sleep, and notifies > NetworkManager to prepare for sleep[0]. If the computer does not, in > fact, go to sleep, NetworkManager neve

Re: Network interfaces die when laptop lid closes in Fluxbox

2014-04-17 Thread Brian Cottingham
u, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Brian Cottingham wrote: > I should include that my wireless card is an Intel 7260AC, and my > ethernet card is an Intel I217-LM. Both get disabled. > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Brian Cottingham > wrote: >> I've installed Debian Jessie

Re: Network interfaces die when laptop lid closes in Fluxbox

2014-04-17 Thread Brian Cottingham
I should include that my wireless card is an Intel 7260AC, and my ethernet card is an Intel I217-LM. Both get disabled. On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Brian Cottingham wrote: > I've installed Debian Jessie on a new computer. When I run Fluxbox or > XFCE and close my laptop lid (the

Network interfaces die when laptop lid closes in Fluxbox

2014-04-17 Thread Brian Cottingham
I've installed Debian Jessie on a new computer. When I run Fluxbox or XFCE and close my laptop lid (the laptop does not sleep when the lid closes), all network interfaces are disconnected and NetworkManager doesn't know they exist anymore ("Networking is disabled". Clicking &qu

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
t;>> I can only check the script works, can't check if mmaker likes it. >>> >>>> >>>> Ignore the above - that echo won't reliably create multiple lines, >>>> printf will. >>>> >>>> Try this which will:- >

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
uson wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Try #2 :/ >>> >>> Try #3 (no sleep last night - trees and power lines down across the >>> >> Morning Scott. >> Thanks for this, I hope you slept better? This is what I currently >> have

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
I hope you slept better? This is what I currently > have - > > #!/bin/bash > # .fmenu > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu{,-$(date +%Y%m%d-%R)} > > mmaker fluxbox -f > > sed -i 's/\[end]//g' ~/.fluxbox/menu;sed -i '/^\s*$/d' ~/.fluxbox/menu > > printf '\t

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
> > > > > > > > Ignore the above - that echo won't reliably create multiple lines, > > > printf will. > > > > > > Try this which will:- > > > > echo " > > #!/bin/bash > > # .fmenu > > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu{,-$(d

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Linux-Fan
On 11/22/2013 03:13 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've been doing some more testing and now got the 'submenu' being > generated at the end, which is good. But, the sed lines are also > stripping out *all* of the [end] lines which separate the sections of > the menu, which are needed for it to function

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
> > > > > > > > Ignore the above - that echo won't reliably create multiple lines, > > > printf will. > > > > > > Try this which will:- > > > > echo " > > #!/bin/bash > > # .fmenu > > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu{,-$(d

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-22 Thread Sharon Kimble
t; > > > Try this which will:- > > echo " > #!/bin/bash > # .fmenu > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu{,-$(date +%Y%m%d-%R)} > mmaker fluxbox -f > printf "\t[submenu] \(My > Menu\)\n\t[include]\(~/.fluxbox/usermenu\)\n\t[end]\n\t[separator]" >> > ~/.fluxbox/menu

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-21 Thread Sharon Kimble
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:35:38 -0500 Neal Murphy wrote: > On Thursday, November 21, 2013 01:15:34 PM Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I am trying to write a bash script which has this line in it - > > > > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu-$(/bin/date +%Y%m%d-%R); mmaker > >

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-21 Thread Neal Murphy
On Thursday, November 21, 2013 01:15:34 PM Sharon Kimble wrote: > I am trying to write a bash script which has this line in it - > > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu-$(/bin/date +%Y%m%d-%R); mmaker > fluxbox -f;; > > This line is creating a fluxbox menu which end

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
check the script works, can't check if mmaker likes it. > > Ignore the above - that echo won't reliably create multiple lines, > printf will. > > Try this which will:- echo " #!/bin/bash # .fmenu mv ~/.fluxbox/menu{,-$(date +%Y%m%d-%R)} mmaker fluxbox -f prin

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/11/13 06:39, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Try:- > echo " > #!/bin/bash > # .fmenu > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu{,-$(/bin/date +%Y%m%d-%R)} > mmaker fluxbox -f > echo" > [submenu] (My Menu) > [include] (~/.fluxbox/usermenu) > [end] > [separator]" >> ~

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/11/13 05:15, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I am trying to write a bash script which has this line in it - > > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu-$(/bin/date +%Y%m%d-%R); mmaker > fluxbox -f;; > > This line is creating a fluxbox menu which ends with these lines - > &

Re: Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-21 Thread Linux-Fan
On 11/21/2013 07:15 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I am trying to write a bash script which has this line in it - > > mv ~/.fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu-$(/bin/date +%Y%m%d-%R); mmaker > fluxbox -f;; > > This line is creating a fluxbox menu which ends with these lines - > &

Extending fluxbox menu with a script.

2013-11-21 Thread Sharon Kimble
I am trying to write a bash script which has this line in it - mv ~/.fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu-$(/bin/date +%Y%m%d-%R); mmaker fluxbox -f;; This line is creating a fluxbox menu which ends with these lines - ' [restart] (Restart) [separator]

Re: fluxbox menu editor problems

2013-07-14 Thread Frank McCormick
On 14/07/13 03:55 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: Just installed Debian jessie/sid on my new computer and ran into problems with fluxmenu, the python-based menu editor I rely on for fluxbox. It was running on a previous version of Sid but now a box pops up saying I need Libglade2 installed

fluxbox menu editor problems

2013-07-14 Thread Frank McCormick
Just installed Debian jessie/sid on my new computer and ran into problems with fluxmenu, the python-based menu editor I rely on for fluxbox. It was running on a previous version of Sid but now a box pops up saying I need Libglade2 installed ( libglade2-0 is installed), or my python path is not

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-20 Thread Sharon Kimble
site but thought that the contents would die and thereby lose the continuity of the email archive. > > Could you please also describe exactly how you "login into fluxbox"? > At lightdm I just click on the item list for 'fluxbox' , then input my us

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-20 Thread Sharon Kimble
I've found the solution to this problem - it is that /tmp/.X0-lock is owned by root. Changed it to $USER and I was able to log back into fluxbox very easily. So far its worked okay. Thanks for all the ideas from various folks. Sharon. On 17 May 2013 19:20, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 05/17

Re: How to run pm-suspend as user? [was: Re: Fluxbox questions]

2013-05-17 Thread André Nunes Batista
Thank you! Sorry for the trouble. I did not create a new thread because I knew I was being blind to a very trivial question. I forgot to mention I had already tried sudo but it wouldn't suspend even so. The problem was I do not normally use sudo and I was stupid enough to insert it directly to obm

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-17 Thread Linux-Fan
still not allowing me to log back into fluxbox. >> >> I find this part most interesting: >> >> ├─2*[lightdm─┬─Xorg] >> │├─lightdm─┬─lxsession─┬─caja───3*[{caja}]] >> ││ │ ├─cla

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
ps aux > output.txt' and attach the output.txt file to your e-mail) Could you please also describe exactly how you "login into fluxbox"? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.a

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:29:28AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > It makes no difference what DE I'm running, before trying to log into > fluxbox, I still get thrown out and unable to log into fluxbox > successfully. But, I can do it as my new user added today, so its something

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
ATE before with no > > > > problems, so that's not it then. > > It _is_ running, and you _have_ now got problems. Why not try killing it, > and > any other similar references, and then see if you can run fluxbox? > > Lisi > > It makes no difference what DE I&#x

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
reference to running Mate. Might it be the source of your problem? > > > > Lisi > > > > Nope, it will make no difference at all. I have run MATE before with no > > problems, so that's not it then. It _is_ running, and you _have_ now got problems. Why not try k

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
ll make no difference at all. I have run MATE before with no problems, so that's not it then. Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/index.html efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian Wheezy, Fluxbox 1.3.5, LibreOffice 4.0.3.3, Registered Linux user 334501

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote: > 1001      6450  0.2  0.2 189624  9748 ?        Sl   09:42   0:00 > /usr/lib/mate-p > 1001      6453  0.0  0.2 194184 10860 ?        Sl   09:42   0:00 > /usr/lib/mate-p > 1001      6454  0.0  0.1 177552  6552 ?        Sl   09:42   0:00 > /usr/lib

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 17 May 2013 09:14, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 17 mai 13, 08:27:58, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > > > When I log out of my current DE before trying to get into fluxbox, I'm > > certain that I've totally logged out of any window managers,but its still > &g

Re: Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 17 mai 13, 08:27:58, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > When I log out of my current DE before trying to get into fluxbox, I'm > certain that I've totally logged out of any window managers,but its still > finding some,even from a shut-down system! i.e. even when I start wit

Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
Last night I stupidly did 'sudo update-menus', and shortly afterwards I had to reboot. Now I cant get into any desktop environment [fluxbox, lxde,razor,etc] and I keep getting this message showing in the fluxbox login logs ;- -- BScreen::BScreen

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
ith > >> > >> ~$ pstree | tail -n 10 > >> |-udevd---2*[udevd] > >> |-xdm-+-Xorg > >> | `-xdm---ck-launch-sessi-+-fluxbox-+-icedove-bin-... > >> | |

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 16 May 2013 19:12:45 Sharon Kimble wrote: > >   To kill it you'll need its' PID - try ps -A in a terminal window. > > > > But first I need to know what the programme name is, Or be very patient, and read through all the applications running, starting at the bottom of teh list ( <# ps

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Linux-Fan
---2*[udevd] >> |-xdm-+-Xorg >> | `-xdm---ck-launch-sessi-+-fluxbox-+-icedove-bin-... >> | | |-java---17*[{java}] >> | | |-xcompmgr >> | | |-xscre

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 16 May 2013 19:25, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 05/16/2013 08:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 16 May 2013 17:04, Linux-Fan wrote: > >>> B - Periodically, when logging back into fluxbox from another DE I get > >> this > >>> error message showing in th

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/16/2013 08:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 16 May 2013 17:04, Linux-Fan wrote: >>> B - Periodically, when logging back into fluxbox from another DE I get >> this >>> error message showing in the logs 'BScreen::BScreen: an error occured >> while >>

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 16 May 2013 18:07, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 05/16/2013 11:35 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > >> I've been using 'fluxbox' for about a month now and really like it, but >> I do have some questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. >> >

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 16 May 2013 17:04, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 05/16/2013 05:35 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > I've been using 'fluxbox' for about a month now and really like it, but I > > do have some questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. > > > > A

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Frank McCormick
On 05/16/2013 12:53 PM, André Nunes Batista wrote: I do not wish to hijack this thread, but I have a similar question: Why don't you just start a new thread ? I started using openbox a few days ago and since then I use pm-suspend on terminal to suspend my debian machine. The thing is pm

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Frank McCormick
On 05/16/2013 11:35 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: I've been using 'fluxbox' for about a month now and really like it, but I do have some questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. A - In the menu, how can I get working lines for logging off, I currently use '[ex

How to run pm-suspend as user? [was: Re: Fluxbox questions]

2013-05-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 16 mai 13, 13:53:11, André Nunes Batista wrote: > I do not wish to hijack this thread, but I have a similar question: But you did hijack the thread and your question is not similar. I'm changing the subject to make it more visible. > I started using openbox a few days ago and since then

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread André Nunes Batista
xit andre@tagesuhu-pc:$ /usr/sbin/pm-suspend This utility may only be run by the root user. andre@tagesuhu-pc:$ ls -la /usr/lib/pm-utils/bin/pm-action -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2903 Jan 16 2012 /usr/lib/pm-utils/bin/pm-action -- -- André Nunes Batista --- Begin Message --- I've been using

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Linux-Fan
On 05/16/2013 05:35 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I've been using 'fluxbox' for about a month now and really like it, but I > do have some questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. > > A - In the menu, how can I get working lines for logging off, I

Fluxbox questions

2013-05-16 Thread Sharon Kimble
I've been using 'fluxbox' for about a month now and really like it, but I do have some questions that I haven't been able to find answers for. A - In the menu, how can I get working lines for logging off, I currently use '[exec] (Log off) {exit}' but aren

Re: OT: just falling back to fluxbox after Gnome3 mem-leak experince

2013-02-15 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 12:09:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Indeed, but we're talking about 3GB of memory here, which seems hard to > justify for such an application. Sure, but my point was it's not a leak. Being memory inefficient is one thing. Leaking memory is where, over time, it takes m

Re: OT: just falling back to fluxbox after Gnome3 mem-leak experince

2013-02-08 Thread Peter Viskup
On 02/08/2013 10:44 PM, Jochen Spieker wrote: Peter Viskup: viskup@viskup:~$ awk '/Name|VmSize|VmPeak/' /proc/4186/status Name: gnome-shell VmPeak: 3537456 kB VmSize: 3403068 kB I am not sure, but I suspect you misinterpret those numbers. This is the amount of memory that the application th

Re: OT: just falling back to fluxbox after Gnome3 mem-leak experince

2013-02-08 Thread Jochen Spieker
Peter Viskup: > > viskup@viskup:~$ awk '/Name|VmSize|VmPeak/' /proc/4186/status > Name: gnome-shell > VmPeak: 3537456 kB > VmSize: 3403068 kB I am not sure, but I suspect you misinterpret those numbers. This is the amount of memory that the application thinks is available for itself. This doe

Re: OT: just falling back to fluxbox after Gnome3 mem-leak experince

2013-02-08 Thread Peter Viskup
On 02/08/2013 03:12 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 11:28:51AM +0100, Peter Viskup wrote: viskup@viskup:~$ uptime 11:10:57 up 16 days, 17:01, 10 users, load average: 1.61, 1.34, 1.07 I'm not sure what this is supposed to demonstrate. Has gnome-shell been running for 16 days?

Re: OT: just falling back to fluxbox after Gnome3 mem-leak experince

2013-02-08 Thread Peter Viskup
On 02/08/2013 06:09 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: viskup@viskup:~$ awk '/Name|VmSize|VmPeak/' /proc/4186/status Name: gnome-shell VmPeak: 3537456 kB VmSize: 3403068 kB That doesn't show a memory leak. Indeed, but we're talking about 3GB of memory here, which seems hard to justify for such an ap

Re: OT: just falling back to fluxbox after Gnome3 mem-leak experince

2013-02-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> viskup@viskup:~$ awk '/Name|VmSize|VmPeak/' /proc/4186/status >> Name: gnome-shell >> VmPeak: 3537456 kB >> VmSize: 3403068 kB > That doesn't show a memory leak. Indeed, but we're talking about 3GB of memory here, which seems hard to justify for such an application. > awk '/Name|VmSize|VmP

Re: OT: just falling back to fluxbox after Gnome3 mem-leak experince

2013-02-08 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 11:28:51AM +0100, Peter Viskup wrote: > Hi all, > just want to share my bad experience with Gnome3 in testing. They > have/had some mem-leaks in there. > > viskup@viskup:~$ uptime > 11:10:57 up 16 days, 17:01, 10 users, load average: 1.61, 1.34, 1.07 I'm not sure what th

OT: just falling back to fluxbox after Gnome3 mem-leak experince

2013-02-08 Thread Peter Viskup
chitecture Description +++--=-=-== ii gnome-shell 3.4.2-6 amd64 graphical shell for the GNOME desktop Hopefully back with Fluxbox. There was just another stability issue of Firefox as it had so

Re: How to auto start bbpager in fluxbox

2012-07-17 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 03:36:51PM +, user1 wrote: > I am using and fluxbox 1.3.2-2 and bbpager 0.4.7 (ubuntu 12.04) > > I have placed 'bbpager &' in '~/.fluxbox/startup' but it will not > autostart > > bbpager starts fine manually > > I hav

How to auto start bbpager in fluxbox

2012-07-17 Thread user1
I am using and fluxbox 1.3.2-2 and bbpager 0.4.7 (ubuntu 12.04) I have placed 'bbpager &' in '~/.fluxbox/startup' but it will not autostart bbpager starts fine manually I have several other programs which autostart fine in fluxbox ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

confused about running multiple WM's simultaneously (gnome, fluxbox, etc)

2011-11-13 Thread keitho
on display :1.0. So far so good. I close the second gnome session with C-A-backspace, go back to tty2 and issue the command: xinit startfluxbox -- :1 OR xinit fluxbox -- :1 and what I get is a partially functioning fluxbox- the default xterm in the top left corner gives the error message: B

Re: Screenshots on Fluxbox?

2011-10-04 Thread Rares Aioanei
-screenshooter and > > gnome-screenshot-tool segfault on Fluxbox (testing/unstable machine, > > up-to-date), while working ok on LXDE. Does anyone have some > > experience or insight on this? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Hi, > > I'm running Flu

Re: Screenshots on Fluxbox?

2011-10-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:26 +0300, Rares Aioanei wrote: > Hi all, > > Don't know if this is a bug or PEBKAC or what is the package to report > bugs against. The idea is xfce4-screenshooter and > gnome-screenshot-tool segfault on Fluxbox (testing/unstable machine, > up-to-

Re: Screenshots on Fluxbox?

2011-10-03 Thread Tom Ashley
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 14:26:18 +0300 Rares Aioanei wrote: > > Hi all, > > Don't know if this is a bug or PEBKAC or what is the package to > report bugs against. The idea is xfce4-screenshooter and > gnome-screenshot-tool segfault on Fluxbox (testing/unstable machine, >

Screenshots on Fluxbox?

2011-10-03 Thread Rares Aioanei
Hi all, Don't know if this is a bug or PEBKAC or what is the package to report bugs against. The idea is xfce4-screenshooter and gnome-screenshot-tool segfault on Fluxbox (testing/unstable machine, up-to-date), while working ok on LXDE. Does anyone have some experience or insight on

Re: problems with fluxbox after actualization to 1.3~

2011-03-06 Thread darkestkhan
> How can be scrolling needed with a higher resolution? :-? If you ever played RTS then I can tell that it is behaving like scrolling around map, if it helps > Better than guessing, why don't you tell us what's your current > resolution? Type "xrandr -q" in a console and put here the output. $ x

Re: problems with fluxbox after actualization to 1.3~

2011-03-06 Thread Camaleón
th vesa for now, maybe in 2.6.38 it will work There is also the closed source "nvidia" driver. >> You can try to set the wanted resolution with "xrandr". What are your >> monitor specs? >> >> > I don't really know - it is FSC Esprimo Mobile ( I don'

Re: problems with fluxbox after actualization to 1.3~

2011-03-06 Thread darkestkhan
to set the wanted resolution with "xrandr". What are your > monitor specs? > I don't really know - it is FSC Esprimo Mobile ( I don't remember model number ) laptop with 15'6'' screen. Beside this is my wanted resolution which worked correctly until a

Re: problems with fluxbox after actualization to 1.3~

2011-03-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:15:42 +, darkestkhan wrote: > I have been using resolution 1280x760 for about 1 year now, and I never > had any > problems with it, but after actualization of fluxbox ( to 1.3~ ) it > is behaving like this > resolution is too high - I have to scroll dow

problems with fluxbox after actualization to 1.3~

2011-03-06 Thread darkestkhan
I have been using resolution 1280x760 for about 1 year now, and I never had any problems with it, but after actualization of fluxbox ( to 1.3~ ) it is behaving like this resolution is too high - I have to scroll down screen to see toolbar. Is there any way to correct this behavior, so that I

Re: [SOLVED] fluxbox window buttons lost after move to testing

2011-02-11 Thread Tyler Smith
Tyler Smith writes: > Javier Vasquez writes: > >> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Tyler Smith wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I upgraded fluxbox on the weekend: >>> [UPGRADE] fluxbox 1.1.1+dfsg2-1 -> 1.1.1+git20100908.df2f51b-2 >>> >

Re: fluxbox window buttons lost after move to testing

2011-02-11 Thread Tyler Smith
Javier Vasquez writes: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Tyler Smith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I upgraded fluxbox on the weekend: >> [UPGRADE] fluxbox 1.1.1+dfsg2-1 -> 1.1.1+git20100908.df2f51b-2 >> >> and now the window decorations don't show the mi

Re: fluxbox window buttons lost after move to testing

2011-02-11 Thread Javier Vasquez
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded fluxbox on the weekend: > [UPGRADE] fluxbox 1.1.1+dfsg2-1 -> 1.1.1+git20100908.df2f51b-2 > > and now the window decorations don't show the min/max/close buttons. It > doesn't matter which s

fluxbox window buttons lost after move to testing

2011-02-11 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I upgraded fluxbox on the weekend: [UPGRADE] fluxbox 1.1.1+dfsg2-1 -> 1.1.1+git20100908.df2f51b-2 and now the window decorations don't show the min/max/close buttons. It doesn't matter which style I use, my own custom style or any of the packaged styles. The only exception is

Re: A simple GUI volume control tool for fluxbox

2010-10-04 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:45:22 +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: >> I do almost everything on command line. Maybe the only GUI tool I >> need is the sound volume control tool, but I don't have it any more >> -- I used to use tkmixer. Now that it's obsoleted, I'm yet to find >> a GUI sound m

Re: A simple GUI volume control tool for fluxbox

2010-10-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 10:02:56AM -0500, hugo vanwoerkom wrote: Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2010-10-01, T o n g wrote: I do almost everything on command line. Maybe the only GUI tool I need is the sound volume control tool, but I don't have it any more -- I used to use tkmixer.

Re: A simple GUI volume control tool for fluxbox

2010-10-02 Thread s. keeling
Nuno Magalhães : > > If you just want volume control, i use gkrellm's volume plugin. Does That's excellent! Thanks! -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*)http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - -http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rf

Re: A simple GUI volume control tool for fluxbox

2010-10-02 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 10:02:56AM -0500, hugo vanwoerkom wrote: > Liam O'Toole wrote: >> On 2010-10-01, T o n g wrote: >>> I do almost everything on command line. Maybe the only GUI tool I >>> need is the sound volume control tool, but I don't have it any more >>> -- I used to use tkmixer. Now

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