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imcominup
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 Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:37 am Post subject: can't seem to get fluxbox Slit to work |
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| i've searched through the tutorials, and it seems that every document i read the 'slit' section is always the one with the least detail. i literally have tried several times to get this thing to work, and nothing works. i don't see anything. nada. i'd really like to get gkrellm and idesk to work on my desktop. can anybody help me configure my fluxbox to support these two on startup? |
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Ehnvis
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:49 am Post subject: |
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It depends on how you start your fluxbox. If you use startx then edit ~/.xinitrc and add the following before the line that starts fluxbox.
| Code: | exec idesk &
exec gkrellm & |
The slit has nothing to do with these two, the slit is used only with dockapps (check http://www.dockapps.org)
If you use any of xdm, gdm, kdm as login manager then I think you have to either add idesk and gkrellm to
~/.fluxbox/startup file or ~/.Xresources.
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imcominup
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: |
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sorry bro, no dice. i dont understand what the deal is. i'm looking into dockapps but i'd like to figure out the gkrellm and idesk. what else could it be?
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kumi@throne ~ $ cat .xinitrc
exec idesk &
exec gkrellm &
startfluxbox
kumi@throne ~ $ cat .fluxbox/startup
# fluxbox startup-script:
#
# Lines starting with a '#' are ignored.
# You can set your favourite wallpaper here if you don't want
# to do it from your style.
#
# bsetbg -f ~/images/neuron1600.jpg
#
# This sets a black background
/usr/bin/fbsetbg -l
# This shows the fluxbox-splash-screen
# fbsetbg -C /usr/share/fluxbox/splash.jpg
# Other examples. Check man xset for details.
#
# Turn off beeps:
# xset -b
#
# Increase the keyboard repeat-rate:
# xset r rate 195 35
#
# Your own fonts-dir:
# xset +fp /home/syrrus/.font
#
# Your favourite mouse cursor:
# xsetroot -cursor_name right_ptr
#
# Change your keymap:
# xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
# Applications you want to run with fluxbox.
# MAKE SURE THAT APPS THAT KEEP RUNNING HAVE AN ''&'' AT THE END.
gkrellm -w &
# unclutter -idle 2 &
# wmnd &
# wmsmixer -w &
idesk -w &
# And last but not least we start fluxbox.
# Because it is the last app you have to run it with ''exec'' before it.
exec /usr/bin/fluxbox
# or if you want to keep a log:
# exec /usr/bin/fluxbox -log ~/.fluxbox/log
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Ehnvis
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:00 am Post subject: |
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What happens if you try to start idesk from a terminal, any error message? And check gkrellm at the same time.
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imcominup
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Ehnvis wrote: | | What happens if you try to start idesk from a terminal, any error message? And check gkrellm at the same time. |
yeah i get an error:
| Code: | kumi@throne ~ $ sudo nohup gkrellm > /dev/null &
[1] 15955
kumi@throne ~ $ Password:
mypass
bash: mypass: command not found
[1]+ Stopped sudo nohup gkrellm >/dev/null
kumi@throne ~ $ sudo nohup idesk > /dev/null &
[2] 15957
kumi@throne ~ $ Password:
mypass
bash: mypass: command not found
[2]+ Stopped sudo nohup idesk >/dev/null
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what could it be?
by the way, thankyou for helping me out with this. it has been frustrating me for quite some time now. |
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Ehnvis
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:49 am Post subject: |
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First of all, don't use sudo when you give the command and don't send the output to /dev/null. Just give the command plain and simple in the terminal and don't end the line with an &. Just type idesk and then hit enter.
So try again and paste the output here.
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imcominup
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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so i've got park of idesk to work.
| Code: | kumi@throne ~ $ idesk
Idesk starting in :0.0
[idesk] Background's file not found.
[idesk] Background's source not found.
Error: you have to create the .idesktop dir on your HOME!!
kumi@throne ~ $ gkrellm
bash: gkrellm: command not found
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gkrellm command doesn't work, and idesk is still being tweaked to get it to work. i'm not sure how to get it to run automatically when fluxbox starts. what could be the issue with gkrellm, also? |
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Ehnvis
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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I did tell you in my first post how to get it to start when you start fluxbox.
Have you emerged gkrellm? If not do that otherwise you cant use that command.
I do guess you have been trying to follow this guide? http://gentoo-wiki.com/Fluxbox
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