where could i find that code to expand my bar to the whole screen? is it in a file i should edit?

Blessed is the man who can read ...

Cheers,
Tink

ok one more thing.. i havent gotten my background up yet.. i wanted to try the

# Start the window manager:
Esetroot ~/backgrounds/linux.png &
gkrellm -w &
taglines &
root-tail -g 100x10x0+0 /var/log/messages,yellow /var/log/xferlog,white /var/log/proftpd.log,green /var/log/apache/access_log,blue &
exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox

code in xinitrc.. is it the xinitrc in the /etc/X11/xinit or is it the xinitrc.fluxbox file i should put that code into?

does the picture have to end in png or can it end in jpg?
and wat does taglines and

root-tail -g 100x10x0+0 /var/log/messages,yellow /var/log/xferlog,white /var/log/proftpd.log,green /var/log/apache/access_log,blue &

this code do?

If your talking about the toolbar that expands across the bottom of the page then I just posted the code that you need to add to the style in the .fluxbix/style dir.

You might be able to add it to the init file in the .fluxbox but I haven't tried yet.

Isn't that what right-clicking on the desktop does? I don't understand what you mean.

Yes, that's what I mean. I have a very windows-bound girlfriend who doesn't seem to catch onto the current desktop. I Downloaded a theme from the net thats a Windows9x type. I was just wondering if there is some code that would pop up the right-click menu when clicking onto that workspace tab. I have a feeling it would be in the source code. Althought it would be a simple hack, calling one menu routine instead of another, I was hoping there would be a simpler way around it.

Nothing if you don't have gkrellm root-tail or taglines installed To set the background you only need the Esetroot line, and you can point it to any image file you'd like (I think tiff's might not work, but it's worth a shot) so jpg and png, and I think bmp's as well should all work fine. You place the code in your home directory, a file called .xinitrc in there. You view . files with the -a delimiter:
ls -a

If you do have root-tail or taglines installed you can either read the site documentation on options for them, or read the man page if one exists

Cool

Have you ever given fvwm a try:
http://www.fvwm.org/screenshots/desktops.php

It's quick like flux, but has the ability to mimic another OS's look quite a bit...

Cool

what is the point for root-tail and taglines? ok i am trying to find the .xinitrc file with no avail... i tried the ls -a and i found a . and am i supposed to go to the home directory /home and the .xinitrc file is in there?

In the users home directory...

Do you login with root at all times? If so, stop. Create a user, and use that as your main login. Now, go to that users home directory. If you named this user scott, then his home directory would most likely be:
/home/scott
So you cd into the users home directory and locate a .xinitrc file. If there isn't one, then go ahead and create one, place the lines above into it, and voila! You've got yourself a xinitrc in your user's home directory.

The point of root-tail is to scroll logs, or whatever you'd like, in your background. The point of taglines.. well there is no point, but they are cool.
For more info on either head over to www.freshmeat.net

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If you really need a start menu type thing then run kicker or gnome-panel.

okay i have been logging in as root the whole time... thats b/c i have been trying to install a lot of programs on my computer and i cant do that when i am a user or can i? (does that sentence even make sense to u?)...

Logging in as yourself is much safer. Simply log in as super user when you need root access:
$ su
You'll be prompted for root password; the rest is history.

Andrew

okay thnx.. but i remembered when i tried making a new user using adduser they asked me like tons of questions i had no answers to

Most of defaults will work just fine. You just need to define a username and password, accept the defaults on the rest.

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