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 05/17/2013 09:1

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
On 05/17/2013 09:13 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 16 May 2013 21:10, Linux-Fan wrote: > >> On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: [...] >>> This is my pstree http://dpaste.com/1168992/ and i close all wm >>> programmes >>> under lightdm, but its still not allowing me to log back into flux

Re: Fluxbox questions

2013-05-17 Thread Sharon Kimble
On 16 May 2013 21:10, Linux-Fan wrote: > On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On 16 May 2013 19:25, Linux-Fan wrote: > > [...] > > >> It should actually output a tree which (on my system, lightdm will of > >> course be different) ends with > >> > >> ~$ pstree | tail -n 10 > >> |

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
On 05/16/2013 09:09 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > On 16 May 2013 19:25, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] >> It should actually output a tree which (on my system, lightdm will of >> course be different) ends with >> >> ~$ pstree | tail -n 10 >> |-udevd---2*[udevd] >> |-xdm-+-Xorg >> | `-xdm

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 the logs 'BScreen::BScreen: an error occured > >>

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 >>> querying the X server. >>> another window

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. >> >> A - In the menu, how can I get working lines 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 - In the menu, how can I get working lines for log

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 '[exec] (Log off) {exit}' but

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
I do not wish to hijack this thread, but I have a similar question: 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-suspend requires root permission and obmenu runs with standard permissions. Is there a way out? Any

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 currently > use '[exec] (Log off) {exi

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't satisfied with it, and also for restarti