Having issues with my Fluxbox menu???

Southpaw76 · 11-18-2006, 03:34 PM

Hello fellow Slackers,
I seem to be having an issue with my Flux-Menu. First off, I have it set up so that you can right click on the menu and immediately after "User Styles" is a Wallpaper section where I can place my wallpapers and be able to switch them on the fly. Here's what it looks like...

Code:

~/.fluxbox/menu

[submenu] (My Backgrounds) {Choose a Background...}
     [Wallpapers] (~/.fluxbox/backgrounds) {fbsetbg -f}
[end]

...And then

Code:

~/.fluxbox/init

session.screen0.rootCommand:    fbsetbg -l

Now after I restarted X, my sub-menu was there but not my images!?!?
What gives???

anupamsr · 11-18-2006, 05:48 PM

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ryanoa · 11-18-2006, 08:21 PM

The backgrounds directory must be executable

Code:

chmod 755

I just tested it with read only permissions and the files didn't show up. Hope that's all it is

thelastknowngod · 11-19-2006, 07:41 AM

Code:

~/.fluxbox/menu

[submenu] (My Backgrounds) {Choose a Background...}
     [Wallpapers] (~/.fluxbox/backgrounds) {fbsetbg -f}
[end]

where you have [Wallpapers] it should be [wallpapers] with a lower case w. i made the same mistake just the other day.

Southpaw76 · 11-19-2006, 12:34 PM

Forgive for asking ryanoa, but how do I go about making that directory executable???

jong357 · 11-19-2006, 12:42 PM

He already said it...

chmod 755 ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds

Southpaw76 · 11-19-2006, 06:19 PM

Yeah, I tried that but my backgrounds still don't show up

...

gbonvehi · 11-19-2006, 07:02 PM

Did you try with lower case? As thelastknowngod said, that seems to be the problem.

Linux_Chick · 11-20-2006, 08:21 AM

As thelasknowngod mentioned, [wallpapers] can't have a capitol W.
and you may want to try removing this line "{Choose a Background...}"

Below is the working, entry in my menu, notice there is also no -f after the fbsetbg.

Hope that helps

[submenu] (Backgrounds)
[wallpapers] (~/.fluxbox/backgrounds) {fbsetbg}
[end]

ryanoa · 11-21-2006, 12:41 AM

The -f flag just sets the background as full screen (see man fbsetbg). {Choose a background...} is just the title of the submenu. Both of these should not effect why your pics don't show up. Just make sure that the w in wallpapers is not capitalized and that the directory is executable and you should be good to go.

Southpaw76 · 11-23-2006, 11:07 AM

Okay, I figured it out

. I believe it was just a simple syntax issue. I think I had typed in something singular when it should have been plural.