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That's too much of a compliment to a WM newbie who all his computing life just used gnome2 and KDE4. I was inspired by you minimalist guys here. But thank you so much, I'm much motivated now.
There are some people in this thread that mentioned it. Not that it helps much because this thread is so long. It's the invisible theme to make gkrellm transparent. I don't have the link handy but I'll give you mine if you don't find it by searching. As far as number 2, I have no idea why you're seeing that behavior with not being able to maximize other applications. Seems like a weird window manager bug.
And I think it may be a bug with the WM or with gkrellm+Fluxbox because :-
1. When I start gkrellm in my current session in the background using gkrellm &, I can make my other applications full screen plus I can move the gkrellm window around/change its location.
2. However when gkrellm is started using the ~/.fluxbox/startup file, it's position is always fixed and I can't make other applications full screen. WEIRD!
Another glitch :-
3. When I used parameters gkrellm -g +1260+0 & or for that matter any other coordinate in the ~/.fluxbox/startup file to specify its location at startup, it breaks the Fluxbox window. I just get the gkrellm window, no toolbar, no right click. Everything freezes. So I think its Fluxbox+Gkrellm specific glitch.
Regards.
Last edited by PrinceCruise; 08-24-2014 at 09:19 AM.
And I think it may be a bug with the WM or with gkrellm+Fluxbox because :-
1. When I start gkrellm in my current session in the background using gkrellm &, I can make my other applications full screen plus I can move the gkrellm window around/change its location.
2. However when gkrellm is started using the ~/.fluxbox/startup file, it's position is always fixed and I can't make other applications full screen. WEIRD!
Another glitch :-
3. When I used parameters gkrellm -g +1260+0 & or for that matter any other coordinate in the ~/.fluxbox/startup file to specify its location at startup, it breaks the Fluxbox window. I just get the gkrellm window, no toolbar, no right click. Everything freezes. So I think its Fluxbox+Gkrellm specific glitch.
Regards.
I've been using gkrellm for years with Fluxbox. I'm starting it the same way, "gkrellm &" in my ~/.fluxbox/startup file. I believe I "saved" the position and size of the window so it goes to the same place every time. It has never given me any issues. If it had, I wouldn't be using it. I would almost be inclined to say you have something corrupted. I've had so few bugs and problems with Fluxbox, which is one reason why I continue to use it. I hate instability and I care a lot about speed.
Here's a picture of mine which has changed very little in the last few years.
I've been using gkrellm for years with Fluxbox. I'm starting it the same way, "gkrellm &" in my ~/.fluxbox/startup file. I believe I "saved" the position and size of the window so it goes to the same place every time. It has never given me any issues. If it had, I wouldn't be using it. I would almost be inclined to say you have something corrupted. I've had so few bugs and problems with Fluxbox, which is one reason why I continue to use it. I hate instability and I care a lot about speed.
Here's a picture of mine which has changed very little in the last few years.
Wow, your gkrellm almost resembles a Conky window.
I'm going to test if this behavior persists for another user with a fresh profile once I'm done finding out the cause of Xserver startup delay with kernel 3.17.0-RC2 on Slackware-current.
Apparently that gkrellm bug of mine was because of a couple of corrupted styles. Removed all styles, added which I wanted and now I can maximize my other apps over the gkrellm. Good stuff.
But I keep experiencing other minor glitches with this my own compiled Fluxbox now, every other thing is getting corrupted now and then. Shall monitor for some more days.
I didn't do much. I'm not that talented. I used the "Invisible" theme and flicked a few menu settings. Otherwise it's stock gkrellm.
As far as Fluxbox... I used some other themes I got from one of the official maintainers of the Fluxbox themes that come with Slackware. This particular one is called "magni". I did a quick search and I found these: http://tenr.de/styles/ It's been too long so I can't remember for sure where I got all of them.
The case is about 15 years old. It has evolved over time just like the juts inside it. (I actually have a second, brand new, never used one that I use for "before" pictures.). This one involved some cutting, welding, epoxying, bleeding, soldering and a little bit of swearing to get it all done.
I have an 80mm intake on the other side that you can't see, and a Corsair 120mm H60 exhausting out the back. The case was never designed to have anything other than the top mounted PSU exhausting out the back, so that was a bit tricky.
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