Can't change wallpaper w/ openbox / how to change mousespeed
I had two questions. I don't know if I should've split these topics into two different threads, but my first problem is:
I'm using openbox, and when I try to add wallpapers to the default folder where nitrogen (image viewer) reads the files from, it gives me permission denied. I'm sure I have access to that folder because it's in my home directory. The directory is "/home/john/images/wallpapers/shared/backgrounds". When I try to make a new folder and put all my wallpapers into that, nitrogen won't read that. So could I just change the direction folder where nitrogen reads from, or is there a fix to this? I also wanted to know how to change the mouse cursor speed in openbox. |
I can't help with the second problem, but the first; what are the permissions on the directory? And is the directory in use at the moment? Try
Code:
# lsof|grep /home/john/images/wallpapers/shared/backgrounds |
Quote:
|
Well, its not in use then, but what are the permissions on it? I know it is in your home directory, but it wouldn't be the first time something counter-intuitive has been done in a home directory
|
Quote:
http://i40.tinypic.com/2r7ueit.png |
Odd, okay, so walk me through this- how exactly are tyou copying the images, at what point does the error come up, what exactly does the error say? Have you tried different ways to copy it?
EDIT: Just a thought, you didn't put that # on the front of the command I gave, did you? |
Quote:
http://i42.tinypic.com/sw7b7q.png And when I try to click on them and hit "Apply" to change the wallpaper, nothing happens. I can't put all of the files in the folder one level up than the "backgrounds" folder. And the "backgrounds" folder is the folder nitrogen reads from. So I'm thinking if I can change the reading folder of nitrogen, I could get around this, couldn't I? EDIT: I tried both with and without the # sign. And it still returned nothing. |
You could, but thats solving the symtoms, not the problem. After you did a sudo copy, did you change the ownership back to you? Or are they still owned by root?
|
Quote:
Quote:
|
Okay, go for
Code:
# chown john:john /home/john/images/wallpapers/shared/backgrounds/* |
Quote:
|
Success! That fixed my issue perfectly. Thank you!
|
Perfect, glad I could help- yeah, if you see a hash at the start of a command it means to run as root, a dollar is as normal user. (Or a comment ;) )
|
Quote:
|
Mouse, I don't know if there is a specific openbox solution, for me I'd use xset; see the man page under 'mouse' and give it a go from there
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:55 PM. |