Blackbox issues

Cyric · 10-02-2004, 03:27 PM

Hello, I have blackbox 0.65.0 running on slackware 10. I am trying to add new styles, and I have put the styles in /usr/X11R6/shared/blackbox/styles as they are supposed to be. But when I try to use the styles in blackbox, it makes the bar turn white and have no design or text. What might be the reason for this? I have bb4win running on my windows box and have never had any troubles like this with it. The only thing I have seen that may be causing this problem is the color codes, they are in #000000 format, does linux not support this type of color code? And if not, why the heck are people making blackbox styles for linux like that?

angustia · 10-02-2004, 07:15 PM

are U using bb4win styles on blackbox-unix?

i tried that & same results, i couldn't figure why.

X does uses #000000 format also by name

Cyric · 10-02-2004, 10:40 PM

well, I went to the blackbox wiki website, and followed a link for styles from there, didnt say they were for bb4win, I assumed they were for the linux version since it was linked from the linux blackbox version site.

If anyone knows where to get plugins and themes for the linux version of blackbox, I would be most grateful if you would post them.

angustia · 10-02-2004, 10:48 PM

freshmeat: http://themes.freshmeat.net/

for linux blackbox there's no plugins, they're simply lovely apps:

http://www.bensinclair.com/dockapp/
http://web.cs.mun.ca/~gstarkes/wmaker/dockapps/
http://www.dockapps.org/

Cyric · 10-03-2004, 02:09 PM

Ok, sorry to be a newbie here, but how do I get the apps to show up once installed? withh bb4win you had a plugin option in the blackbox desktop menu, but I havent seen anything like that on the linux version.

angustia · 10-03-2004, 08:23 PM

my .xsession (or .xinitrc or .Xclients-default for other distros)

/usr/local/bin/fluxbox & wmpid=$!
rox -p=uno &
xscreensaver &
## dockapps
wmCalClock -S -e "xscreensaver-command --lock" &
wmmixer -w &
wmusic -t -a &

wait $wmpid

Cyric · 10-03-2004, 08:52 PM

is that a hidden file, cause I cant find it. I can find xinitrc.blackbox, but it looks nothing like what you posted.

Cyric · 10-03-2004, 09:30 PM

ok, I found it, but it stil doesnt look anything like yours, it has serveral if statements in it.

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f $userresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $userresources
fi

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap
fi

# Start the window manager:
startkde

do I just pick a spot and add the dock apps? And how do I know what else to add on the line, like the -i and other things?

If I it is the same as bb4win, the & makes it load in the slit, correct?

angustia · 10-03-2004, 10:23 PM

# Start the window manager:
startkde

comment the startkde and put all the stuff below