Warp Speed: Fluxbox Window Manager Shakedown

[confused_ydl]

ok i get all of this and have it working fast. but how would i go about making the 'snes' button go to snes9x-gtk instead of snesexpress?


EDIT:: figured it out. just need to set the path right in the menu file. i'm a big newb. lol.

[Efaustus9]

I had this problem before but I forgot how i resolved it. Reinstalled YD recently and of course once of the first things I install is fluxbox. I set up the menu as I like but when I set my wallpaper in fluxbox I lose it when I reboot. How do I get fluxbox to retain the background? (note using the old version of fluxbox found on yum).

[bonedome]

Hello
if I remember correctly add this line to ~/.flubox/init

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session.screen0.rootCommand:    /usr/bin/fluxbox/fbsetbg -l


the original just has fbsetbg -l, this should create the file lastwallpaper (that's the -l) in your .fluxbox folder.
If you have built fluxbox-1.1.1 from source and it's in /usr/local/bin you'll need

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session.screen0.rootCommand:    /usr/local/bin/fluxbox/fbsetbg -l


[Efaustus9]

Thanks you were close. The first time I tried it it didnt work so I checked the path a noticed there was no fluxbox folder in usr/bin/ however fbsetbg was in the bin folder. so I changed the path to

/usr/bin/fbsetbg -l

and it worked.

[dance4lyfe]

I installed fluxbox,using "yum install fluxbox Thunar eterm audacious". After the install was complete, I tried backing it up and it told me no such file or directory.


Whats wrong? Terminal Printed...

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[root@localhost ~]# yum install fluxbox Thunar eterm audacious
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
livna-stable              100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    00:00     
extras                    100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
fedora-extras             100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
base                      100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  205 B    00:00     
dribble                   100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
Excluding Packages from Livna for Fedora Core 6 - ppc - Base
Finished
9 packages excluded due to repository protections
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package eterm.ppc 0:0.9.4-4.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package fluxbox.ppc 0:1.0.0-0.2.rc3.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package Thunar.ppc 0:0.8.0-1.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package audacious.ppc 0:1.3.2-1.fc6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libaudacious.so.5 for package: audacious
--> Processing Dependency: libexo-hal-0.3.so.0 for package: Thunar
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4util.so.4 for package: Thunar
--> Processing Dependency: libast.so.2 for package: eterm
--> Processing Dependency: xfce4-icon-theme for package: Thunar
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4panel.so.1 for package: Thunar
--> Processing Dependency: audacious-plugins >= 1.3.0 for package: audacious
--> Processing Dependency: libexo-0.3.so.0 for package: Thunar
--> Processing Dependency: artwiz-aleczapka-fonts for package: fluxbox
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xfce4-icon-theme.noarch 0:4.4.1-1.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package artwiz-aleczapka-fonts.noarch 0:1.3-5.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package exo.ppc 0:0.3.2-1.fc6.1 set to be updated
---> Package audacious-plugins.ppc 0:1.3.5-2.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package xfce4-panel.ppc 0:4.4.1-1.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package audacious-libs.ppc 0:1.3.2-1.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package libast.ppc 0:0.7.1-0.1.20060818cvs.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package libxfce4util.ppc 0:4.4.1-2.fc6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: mousepad for package: xfce4-panel
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-manager.so.3 for package: exo
--> Processing Dependency: libXcomposite.so.1 for package: audacious-plugins
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-manager.so.3 for package: xfce4-panel
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-client.so.3 for package: exo
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs >= 4.4.1 for package: xfce4-panel
--> Processing Dependency: perl(URI::file) for package: exo
--> Processing Dependency: libxfcegui4.so.4 for package: exo
--> Processing Dependency: Terminal for package: xfce4-panel
--> Processing Dependency: libxfcegui4 >= 4.4.1 for package: xfce4-panel
--> Processing Dependency: libxfcegui4.so.4 for package: xfce4-panel
--> Processing Dependency: libtag.so.1 for package: audacious-plugins
--> Processing Dependency: perl(URI::URL) for package: exo
--> Processing Dependency: libxfce4mcs-client.so.3 for package: xfce4-panel
--> Processing Dependency: perl(URI::Escape) for package: exo
--> Processing Dependency: libbinio.so.1 for package: audacious-plugins
--> Processing Dependency: xfce-mcs-manager >= 4.4.1 for package: xfce4-panel
--> Processing Dependency: libmcs.so.1 for package: audacious-libs
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libxfcegui4.ppc 0:4.4.1-2.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package taglib.ppc 0:1.4-5.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package Terminal.ppc 0:0.2.6-3.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package mcs-libs.ppc 0:0.4.1-3.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package mousepad.ppc 0:0.2.12-1.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package libbinio.ppc 0:1.4-6.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package xfce-mcs-manager.ppc 0:4.4.1-1.fc6 set to be updated
---> Package libxfce4mcs.ppc 0:4.4.1-2.fc6 set to be updated

Dependencies Resolved

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 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
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Installing:
 Thunar                  ppc        0.8.0-1.fc6      fedora-extras     5.3 M
 audacious               ppc        1.3.2-1.fc6      fedora-extras     1.0 M
 eterm                   ppc        0.9.4-4.fc6      fedora-extras     2.2 M
 fluxbox                 ppc        1.0.0-0.2.rc3.fc6  fedora-extras     1.0 M
Installing for dependencies:
 Terminal                ppc        0.2.6-3.fc6      fedora-extras     1.2 M
 artwiz-aleczapka-fonts  noarch     1.3-5.fc6        fedora-extras     114 k
 audacious-libs          ppc        1.3.2-1.fc6      fedora-extras      54 k
 audacious-plugins       ppc        1.3.5-2.fc6      fedora-extras     1.6 M
 exo                     ppc        0.3.2-1.fc6.1    fedora-extras     711 k
 libast                  ppc        0.7.1-0.1.20060818cvs.fc6  fedora-extras     121 k
 libbinio                ppc        1.4-6.fc6        fedora-extras      44 k
 libxfce4mcs             ppc        4.4.1-2.fc6      fedora-extras      48 k
 libxfce4util            ppc        4.4.1-2.fc6      fedora-extras      77 k
 libxfcegui4             ppc        4.4.1-2.fc6      fedora-extras     293 k
 mcs-libs                ppc        0.4.1-3.fc6      fedora-extras      24 k
 mousepad                ppc        0.2.12-1.fc6     fedora-extras      94 k
 taglib                  ppc        1.4-5.fc6        fedora-extras     140 k
 xfce-mcs-manager        ppc        4.4.1-1.fc6      fedora-extras     387 k
 xfce4-icon-theme        noarch     4.4.1-1.fc6      fedora-extras     2.1 M
 xfce4-panel             ppc        4.4.1-1.fc6      fedora-extras     562 k

Transaction Summary
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Total download size: 17 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
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Dependency Installed: Terminal.ppc 0:0.2.6-3.fc6 artwiz-aleczapka-fonts.noarch 0:1.3-5.fc6 audacious-libs.ppc 0:1.3.2-1.fc6 audacious-plugins.ppc 0:1.3.5-2.fc6 exo.ppc 0:0.3.2-1.fc6.1 libast.ppc 0:0.7.1-0.1.20060818cvs.fc6 libbinio.ppc 0:1.4-6.fc6 libxfce4mcs.ppc 0:4.4.1-2.fc6 libxfce4util.ppc 0:4.4.1-2.fc6 libxfcegui4.ppc 0:4.4.1-2.fc6 mcs-libs.ppc 0:0.4.1-3.fc6 mousepad.ppc 0:0.2.12-1.fc6 taglib.ppc 0:1.4-5.fc6 xfce-mcs-manager.ppc 0:4.4.1-1.fc6 xfce4-icon-theme.noarch 0:4.4.1-1.fc6 xfce4-panel.ppc 0:4.4.1-1.fc6
Complete!
[root@localhost ~]# cp -r ~/.fluxbox ~/.fluxbox.backup
cp: cannot stat `/root/.fluxbox': No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]#


[billb]

[root@localhost ~]# cp -r ~/.fluxbox ~/.fluxbox.backup
cp: cannot stat `/root/.fluxbox': No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]#

When you're logged in as root, ~ points to root's home directory (/root) instead of your regular username's home directory (/home/yourusername). So it's saying there's to .fluxbox directory in root's home directory.

9 packages excluded due to repository protections

That number is usually much higher ... do you have protect=1 in yellowdog-base and yellowdog-updates?

[dance4lyfe]

[root@localhost ~]# cp -r ~/.fluxbox ~/.fluxbox.backup
cp: cannot stat `/root/.fluxbox': No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]#

When you're logged in as root, ~ points to root's home directory (/root) instead of your regular username's home directory (/home/yourusername). So it's saying there's to .fluxbox directory in root's home directory.

9 packages excluded due to repository protections

That number is usually much higher ... do you have protect=1 in yellowdog-base and yellowdog-updates?

Okay, so I'll try it on the other account.

And yes, I do have them both on 1.

[billb]

And yes, I do have them both on 1.

Occasionally protectbase fails for some reason. Running yum clean all before installing something may fix the issue, but this takes longer since it has to download all the repo info first.

I'm still looking at manually excluding packages from fedora-extras instead of using protectbase, but I'm not comfortable enough with doing that to recommend it yet.

[dance4lyfe]

seems to be giving me the same message on my non-root user account...

[bonedome]

Hello
try logging in as normal user, open thunar or nautilus and click on view > view hidden files one of them should be .fluxbox.
Also if you edit say your fluxbox menu a copy will automatically be created, menu~
and billb's right you should have way more packages excluded, with bodega and fedora extras I get 182 excluded (usually )

[GKey01]

Thanks for the great guide! my fluxbox is in and its fantastic, thanks.

[Jester]

"Thats it. What we have done so far should give us a good starting point for using Fluxbox. We can finally log out of our current working environment and select Fluxbox from the Sessions menu located in the login manager (GDM). Now login and enjoy some lightning fast speed."

How exactly do you stop gdm and start fluxbox? I can't said 'login manager' and obviously if I type GDM into the terminal it stops bc it is already running, and if I type fluxbox it doesn't work because I already have a window manager running

[ppietro]

"Thats it. What we have done so far should give us a good starting point for using Fluxbox. We can finally log out of our current working environment and select Fluxbox from the Sessions menu located in the login manager (GDM). Now login and enjoy some lightning fast speed."

How exactly do you stop gdm and start fluxbox? I can't said 'login manager' and obviously if I type GDM into the terminal it stops bc it is already running, and if I type fluxbox it doesn't work because I already have a window manager running

You don't stop GDM. You use GDM to load Fluxbox. Assuming you have everything setup correctly, Fluxbox should be an option from the Sessions "button" at the login screen.

I say "button" because it isn't marked like one - but you can click on it as though it were.

Cheers,
Paul

[Jester]

Ah thank you Paul. I knew I was missing something I couldn't [find] this sessions 'button' anywhere on the desktop but I knew I had seen it somewhere before, lo and behold it is right there on the login screen just like everybody said. Well it worked beautifully now I just have to optimize it. I like it SOOO much better than the shelf.

Edit:: alright I fixed it up a little bit. I have one question remaining, I use mednafen for my NES emulation (since I just got ydl working recently I haven't gotten any other ROMs that mednafen supports), but for me mednafen doesn't run without first giving it a ROM unlike snes9xpress which comes up then you can choose a ROM. So what I want to know is can I create a button on the fluxbox menu to bring me to my ROM folder? Or perhaps I could make a new submenu that points the the ROMs, I tried pointing to a ROM file (.nes for me) but nothing happens.

i.e. " [exec] (NES) {/root/Desktop/NES/Battletoads.nes} " is the small portion of code in the .fluxbox/menu file but nothing happens when I load it up. That is the right path, I could have a typo but I don't think I do, I'm just convinced it won't open unless I point it to an exe file

[bonedome]

Hello

i.e. " [exec] (NES) {/root/Desktop/NES/Battletoads.nes}

you won't be able to run root applications direct from the menu (well you can but you'll have to build gksu from source, which was a bit of a pain if memory serves) does that particular application have to be in root ? or are you always logged in as root, if so don't, set up a user account.

How exactly do you stop gdm

you can sort of, by running in run level 3 or set up auto login
There's a guide here viewtopic.php?t=3606#p15704 I'd definetely recommend the second method (where you simply change the 5 to a 3)
If you value your privacy auto login is not secure but simple to set up, open a terminal and type

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su -
root password
gdmsetup

go to the last tab add your user name and then "security" enable autologin