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#2236
I black list the nouveau drivers, boot to console, install the nvidia drivers - no smxi.

Any time I update the kernel, I get to do that little song and dance. It was the method to use for slackware and I just kept doing it for debian.
#2237
Introductions / Re: The devil inside me
July 26, 2013, 08:26:10 PM
Yes, cake -

#2238
What is the current liquorix kernel version?

When I tried to install the nvidia drivers (from their site) for the 3.10.0 kernel (custom compile) on my debian testing desktop, it was a major fail. I didn't try to install with smxi. I ended up going with the 3.9.9 kernel and nvidia installed fine. It's an older nvidia card, 7-series.

Long story short, I'm thinking nvidia doesn't work too well with newer xorg or kernels.
#2239
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: July 2013 Screenshots
July 26, 2013, 07:08:39 PM
Nice shot dizzie; is that i3-status bar or conky?

Been experimenting with Xfce sans window decorations. I like the aesthetic of it, but not really worth the hassle. The themerc for Xfce themes isn't as customizable as I had hoped, and the key binding control for window movement is lacking in Xfce (or maybe my Xfce setup/install is a little bit borked):

#2240
I ran the dist-upgrade on my HP i3 laptop, intel video, custom compiled 3.9.9 kernel.

No issues to date.
#2241
What are you trying to do? Are you replacing fluxbox's native panel, or just want to add a pager?

If you just want a pager app, there is netwmpager: http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/netwmpager_howto

If you want a launcher there is wbar - https://code.google.com/p/wbar/
That is the default launcher in siduction, has animations like increased icon size and movement.

Adeskbar is another launcher - http://adeskbar.tuxfamily.org/

lxpanel is the only complete panel I know of that is probably still developed. The Xfce panel should have at least partial functionality in fluxbox, or you may still be able to use fluxbox as the window manager for xfce.

edit - The xfce panel appears to work just fine in fluxbox - I was thinking it lost a lot of funtionality. If you're just looking for a pager, you can create a panel that has the xfce pager as the only item.



edit 2 - the xfce logout dialog is what does not work, so you would need to exit from fluxbox.
#2242
Last version is 2010 so I would say it is no longer maintained. Looks like bmpanel2 isn't maintained either.
#2243
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: July 2013 Screenshots
July 23, 2013, 08:38:58 PM
No problem.

I now use it for my lightdm background.
#2244
syndaemon

Came across this little app today. I'm sure some of you are on laptops, and one thing that drives me nuts it that the mouse cursor will move as your palm or heel of your hand gets a little too close while typing. This little app takes care of that. It can be run as a daemon so add -

syndaemon -d

to your ~/.fluxbox/startup - or whatever startup file you use.

The result is that the touchpad is disabled when the keyboard is in use. By default, the touchpad will become active 2 seconds after keyboard activity stops. That can be chnaged -

syndaemon -i 1.0 -d

will cause the touchpad to become active after 1 second. There are some other options detailed in the man page. Worked like a charm when I tested it with geany and thunderbird.
#2245
Just set up tint2 to display multiple desktops only; tinker with the padding and some basic math and tint2 will function as a pager and be scaled to your screen's aspect ratio. Kind of stylish. The main difference is that the tint2 icons will be aligned with the taskbar, they don't float in their relative positions like they do on an authentic pager.

edit - picture is worth 1000 characters:



and the tint2rc

# Tint2 config file
# Generated by tintwizard (http://code.google.com/p/tintwizard/)
# For information on manually configuring tint2 see http://code.google.com/p/tint2/wiki/Configure

# Background definitions
# ID 1
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #000000 0
border_color = #FFFFFF 0

# ID 2
rounded = 3
border_width = 2
background_color = #DAD7D0 10
border_color = #575238 66

# ID 3
rounded = 3
border_width = 2
background_color = #DAD7D0 10
border_color = #AE573C 66

# ID 4
rounded = 2
border_width = 0
background_color = #DAD7D0 0
border_color = #A52A2A 66

# ID 5
rounded = 2
border_width = 0
background_color = #DAD7D0 66
border_color = #111111 66

# ID 6
rounded = 2
border_width = 1
background_color = #A52A2A 4
border_color = #7C2E21 100

# Panel
panel_monitor = all
panel_position = top center horizontal
panel_items = T
panel_size = 40% 36
panel_margin = 0 32
panel_padding = 0 0 12
panel_dock = 0
wm_menu = 0
panel_layer = bottom
panel_background_id = 1

# Panel Autohide
autohide = 0
autohide_show_timeout = 0.3
autohide_hide_timeout = 2
autohide_height = 2
strut_policy = none

# Taskbar
taskbar_mode = multi_desktop
taskbar_padding = 1 1 4
taskbar_background_id = 2
taskbar_active_background_id = 3

# Tasks
urgent_nb_of_blink = 8
task_icon = 1
task_text = 0
task_centered = 1
task_maximum_size = 64 36
task_padding = 6 2
task_background_id = 4
task_active_background_id = 4
task_urgent_background_id = 6
task_iconified_background_id = 1
task_tooltip = 1

# Task Icons
task_icon_asb = 50 0 0
task_active_icon_asb = 90 0 0
task_urgent_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_iconified_icon_asb = 50 0 0

# Fonts
task_font = sans 7
task_font_color = #FFFFFF 68
task_active_font_color = #FFFFFF 83
task_urgent_font_color = #FFFFFF 83
task_iconified_font_color = #FFFFFF 68
font_shadow = 0

# System Tray
systray = 1
systray_padding = 0 4 5
systray_sort = ascending
systray_background_id = 0
systray_icon_size = 16
systray_icon_asb = 70 0 0

# Clock
time1_format = %H:%M
time1_font = sans 8
time2_format = %A %d %B
time2_font = sans 6
clock_font_color = #FFFFFF 74
clock_padding = 1 0
clock_background_id = 0
clock_rclick_command = orage

# Tooltips
tooltip_padding = 2 2
tooltip_show_timeout = 0.7
tooltip_hide_timeout = 0.3
tooltip_background_id = 2
tooltip_font = sans 10
tooltip_font_color = #000000 80

# Mouse
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = close
mouse_scroll_up = toggle
mouse_scroll_down = iconify

# Battery
battery = 0
battery_low_status = 10
battery_low_cmd = notify-send "battery low"
battery_hide = 98
bat1_font = sans 8
bat2_font = sans 6
battery_font_color = #FFFFFF 74
battery_padding = 1 0
battery_background_id = 0

# End of config
#2246
They are pagers like the Xfce workspace switcher.

fbpager is no longer developed and is actually discouraged by the fluxbox devs on the website and wiki. I don't think bbpager or obpager (blackbox and openbox pagers) are being developed anymore either. There are some other pagers out there, but I never really cared for them from an aesthetic standpoint.

It's actually pretty easy to set up tint2 in pager only mode for fluxbox and get to match up with your fluxbox theme and transparency; doesn't use a lot of resources.
#2247
The Settings Editor of Xfce indicates that the key binding -

<Control><Shift><Alt>Right

is the binding to move_window_right_key.

I assume this means that the active window a bit to the right when this key binding is used, but I get no result (8C is entered in a terminal). Anyone else having this issue with Xfce?

Also, anyone have a key binding for incrementally moving the active window in Xfce?
#2248
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: July 2013 Screenshots
July 22, 2013, 08:56:35 PM
Picture of the day is Earth viewed from Saturn, taken by Cassini probe:



Details - http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7314
#2250
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: July 2013 Screenshots
July 17, 2013, 07:58:54 PM
Cool, I may have to give the liquorix version a try.

And this appears to be Post 100 for me; so back on topic: