fluxbox questions.

slakmagik · 08-26-2003, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trinity22
how do you view files in flux? i'm used to hitting the home icon in kde and it brining up the files so I can edit/view/etc. i'm slightly confused on that in flux. I end up having to switch to kde (like now) to try to find files.

In .xinitrc

rxvt -bg black -fg green -ls &
exec fluxbox

(Or whatever xterm and details on it you chose.) Also, rxvt should be on your menu by default so click it from there. Once there, type 'ls' to view the files, as you're in your home directory by default. 'ls dir' to view other directory listings. 'less file' to view it. 'joe file' (or editor of your choice) to edit it. Or 'mc' to bring up a console-based file manager. Or 'konqueror' will load konqueror in fluxbox.

and found another odd problem. xmms doesn't work in flux. works fine in kde, but in flux no songs will play. any way to try to figure this out? i rather like having music to surf to

As MasterC says, or you may need to 'chmod 660 /dev/dsp'.

oh and I still can't find a .xinitrc or .xsession file.

forever a flux it seems,
trinity

'ls -al' will show hidden dot files. If it somehow isn't there, 'ls /etc/xinitrc' (without the dot) should show you a global file. 'cp /etc/xinitrc .xinitrc' will move it to your home directory as a hidden file which you can then edit.

-- Oh, and as far as finding files when you don't know which dir to ls, 'find', 'which', 'whereis' and my perennial favorite 'locate file | less'.

zsejk · 08-30-2003, 02:54 PM

Hey Trinity... I thought I'd join you in fluxbox

ness...

I'm having troubles with backgrounds as well... I downloaded some styles so I could check out how to do it myself and such, but for some reason my Slackware 9.0 or my computer or whatever it is that hates me on this particular day doesn't like the following bit that features in two downloaded styles:

Code:

rootCommand:                    Esetroot -center ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/image.jpg

"It" (dunno what) says there's no such command as Esetroot, and then it blurts out a strip of text on how it doesn't really like the "snap" bits in style files either. The "it" I refer to is whatever is in charge of keeping track what you do in your GUI and the output of which you can read once you're done f-ing around in fluxbox.

So.... if anyone can explain to me why Esetroot appears to be in unknown command in my Slackworld, I'd be a very happy camper.

-zsejk

MasterC · 08-30-2003, 03:20 PM

I believe Esetroot is part of the Enlightenment tools, so if you don't have that installed, you likely won't have it

bsetbg however should be a more likely installed if you have flux installed (unless it's only blackbox specific..)

Cool

Proud · 08-31-2003, 05:25 AM

fbsetbg is a script that'll find the best setter on your pc and use it. Try fbsetbg -d and -h. fbsetbg is on the fluxbox site and with the devel releases.

MasterC · 08-31-2003, 01:09 PM

Sweet, thanks for the tip Proud. I know you are a fluxbox Guru, so I'll be asking you a few questions here when I get around to not being so busy...

Cool

zsejk · 08-31-2003, 01:27 PM

Brrr.... that Enlightenment download had no end to trouble. Install Imlib first please... right-o. Installing Imlib... ah, install FreeType first please... right-o then. Installed FreeType. Re-installing Imlib.. check. Re-install Enlightenment... no, no... install libJPG first please. What the f...??? I just installed imlib! Ah yes, I see.. wrong version (version 2... what were you thinking???). So, install the enlightenment site recommended version then... 1.9.14... check. Re-install enlightenment... no, no, no... no zsejk, you need version 1.9.8 or higher. What the FU...!?!?! Ok ok... download version 1.9.9 just to be sure, install.. check. Reinstall enlightenment... no, no, no, no, no. No, simply no. You need version 1.9.8 or higher of Imlib zsejk.

...

But.... but... but...

(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!!!)

-zsejk

MasterC · 08-31-2003, 03:14 PM

ha ha ha, Yeah, I know the exact feeling

If you are on a machine using anything like apt (mandrake's urpmi) then use that instead. But, if you wanna go all source, good luck to ya, I eventually gave up for the exact reasons above, wasn't worth it as I don't really like E anyway (not a mousey kinda guy).

Cool

Proud · 08-31-2003, 05:06 PM

I do like to dabble with the latest cvs updates

I havent attempted the new E yet, I only want a semi unstable 'unstable' install as well as a backup one.

slakmagik · 09-01-2003, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zsejk
Brrr.... that Enlightenment download had no end to trouble. Install Imlib first please... right-o. Installing Imlib... ah, install FreeType first please... right-o then. Installed FreeType. Re-installing Imlib.. check. Re-install Enlightenment... no, no... install libJPG first please. What the f...??? I just installed imlib! Ah yes, I see.. wrong version (version 2... what were you thinking???). So, install the enlightenment site recommended version then... 1.9.14... check. Re-install enlightenment... no, no, no... no zsejk, you need version 1.9.8 or higher. What the FU...!?!?! Ok ok... download version 1.9.9 just to be sure, install.. check. Reinstall enlightenment... no, no, no, no, no. No, simply no. You need version 1.9.8 or higher of Imlib zsejk.

...

But.... but... but...

(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!!!)

-zsejk

Oh man, thanks for posting that. I've been right there with you. I was just trying to install eterm because I felt like some transparent eyecandy and went through all that. "(version 2... what were you thinking???)" *lol* - eventually I gave up and hunted around some more - aterm. ./configure, make, su, checkinstall. *boom*. Thank you. If I ever had any interest in Enlightenment as a whole, I sure don't now.

Proud · 09-01-2003, 03:32 PM

The new Enlightenment 0.17 might be hard to install as all the dependancies are being worked in in cvs still, but good old 0.16-5 should be easy to find and install. E is sweet.

zsejk · 09-01-2003, 04:16 PM

You say that now, but once *I* try it....

Nah, just kidding. I'll give that version a go then, once I get myself cooled down in front of my mini-A/C.

-zsejk

fancypiper · 09-01-2003, 10:55 PM

Someone was asking about a file manager for fluxbox. I use the Gentoo file manager.

My menu:

Code:

[begin] (Fluxbox 0.1.8)
[submenu] (Text Editors)
        [exec] (gedit) {gedit lno}
        [exec] (gnp) {gnp}
        [exec] (xedit) {xedit}
[end]
[submenu] (Internet)
        [exec] (E-Mail) {evolution}
        [exec] (Web Browser) {galeon}
        [exec] (Red Carpet) {red-carpet}
        [exec] (Synaptic) {synaptic}
        [exec] (gftp) {gftp}
        [exec] (Mozilla) {mozilla}
        [exec] (Opera) {opera}
        [exec] (Netscape) {netscape}
        [exec] (licq) {licq}
        [exec] (xchat) {xchat}
[end]
[submenu] (Television)
        [exec] (TV Tuner) {xawtv}
[end]
[submenu] (Radio Stations)
        [exec] (WFDD) {realplay http://www.wfdd.org/wfdd.ram}
        [exec] (WRVO) {realplay http://www.wrvo.com/wrvo.ram}
        [exec] (WLS) {realplay http://rope.wlsam.com/realplayer/wlsam.ram}
        [exec] (WGST) {realplay http://shoutcast.streamtoyou.com:9191/listen.pls}
        [exec] (WABC) {realplay http://play.rbn.com/?url=abcradiog2/....rm&proto=rtsp}
[end]
[submenu] (Graphics)
        [exec] (gqview) {gqview}
        [exec] (gimp) {gimp}
[end]
[submenu] (Music)
        [exec] (realplay) {realplay}
        [exec] (xmms) {xmms}
        [exec] (gmix) {gmix}
        [exec] (grecord) {grecord}
        [exec] (Audacity) {audacity}
[end]
[submenu] (Terminals)
        [exec] (gnome-terminal) {gnome-terminal}
        [exec] (Eterm) {Eterm}
        [exec] (xterm) {xterm}
[end]
[submenu] (File Managers)
        [exec] (Gentoo) {gentoo}
        [exec] (Nautilus) {nautilus}
       	[exec] (Gnome Midnight Commander) {gmc}
[end]
[submenu] (Misc)
        [exec] (GTop) {gtop}
        [exec] (Disk control) {usermount}
        [exec] (Computer Aided Design) {qcad}
        [exec] (CD Burner) {xcdroast}
        [exec] (gcalc) {gcalc}
        [exec] (ddd) {ddd}
        [exec] (tail access_log) {xterm -fg white -bg black -title access_log -e tail -f /var/log/access_log}
[end]
[submenu] (X utils)
       	[exec] (Disk Manager) {usermount}
       	[exec] (xkill) {xkill}
        [exec] (xcalc) {xcalc}
       	[exec] (xfontsel) {xfontsel}
       	[exec] (xman) {xman}
        [exec] (xload) {xload}
        [exec] (xbiff) {xbiff}
        [exec] (editres) {editres}
        [exec] (viewres) {viewres}
        [exec] (xclock) {xclock}
[end]
[workspaces]   (Workspace List)
[submenu] (Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (/usr/local/share/fluxbox/styles)
[end]
[config] (Configuration)
[reconfig] (Reconfigure)
[restart] (Restart)
[exit] (Exit)
[end]

MasterC · 09-01-2003, 11:25 PM

As do I!!! We rock

I've found nothing faster that has the support that Gentoo Filemanager does.

Great tool

Cool

darthtux · 09-02-2003, 12:19 PM

I've tried dozens of file managers. Gentoo is far and away above the others

fancypiper · 09-02-2003, 12:40 PM

Well, it is very hard to beat good old Midnight Commander in an x terminal. I would guess I use that more than Gentoo.