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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 6:02 am    Post subject: Fluxbox question Reply with quote

When I try and run konquerer from fluxbox, nothing happens. at all. Anybody have any clues as to what the problem is?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

another question.
what is the slit? I read something about it on the fluxbox page. Is it the thing that shows cpu usage, memusage etc...
because if so, I don't have it, how do I turn it on?
thanks.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you like to run kde apps in fluxbox you have to use the complete path sto start the application:
/usr/kde/3/bin/konqueror in your case.

The slit can contains docking applications, by default it is empty, so you don't see it. First you need to emerge a dockapp like bbrun (emerge bbrun) - after starting it, it should appear in the slit.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you need more info on that check out the docs on http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you very much! :D
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 10:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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When I try and run konquerer from fluxbox, nothing happens. at all. Anybody have any clues as to what the problem is?


There was a bug about this but 'fluxbox' is showing up nothing in bugzilla and 'kde' is showing up nothing about fluxbox. Basically you couldn't run any KDE app at all unless you modified the startup script in /etc/X11/Sessions.

Here's what it should look like:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# Fluxbox start-up script called from /etc/X11/chooser.sh (xdm/kdm)
# Modified (completely rewritten) by Mark Gawler 12-May-2002

# Load .Xdefaults, .Xmodmap and run /etc/profile, ~/.xsession

# For some reason /etc/profile was not run during the starting of fluxbox so
# here seems like a good place to add it

source /etc/profile

# The start up of fluxbox seems to be sadly missing the running / loading of
# the normal user definable stuff when the user logs in via xdm/kdm so we'll
# do it here

startup=$HOME/.xsession

userdefaults=$HOME/.Xdefaults
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap

#Xdefaults
if [ -f "$userdefaults" ]; then
        xrdb -merge "$userdefaults"
fi

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

#Xmodmap
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
        xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

#xsession
if [ -f "$startup" ]; then
if [ -x "$startup" ]; then
        source "$startup" &
else
        source /bin/sh "$startup" &
fi
fi

# And finally we'll start fluxbox
/usr/bin/fluxbox
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

leej wrote:
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When I try and run konquerer from fluxbox, nothing happens. at all. Anybody have any clues as to what the problem is?


There was a bug about this but 'fluxbox' is showing up nothing in bugzilla and 'kde' is showing up nothing about fluxbox. Basically you couldn't run any KDE app at all unless you modified the startup script in /etc/X11/Sessions.


Please add this in bugzilla, if it can make fluxbox better than this is a great thing ;)

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's in there, or rather it was. That's where the script came from. It just wasn't showing up on this mornings search. If the Bugzilla search hadn't screwed up and the result was legitimate, then it's been removed for some reason within the past 48 hours. Perhaps this script has since been introduced into the fluxbox ebuild? :-)
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 12:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey - I've just moved from kde to fluxbox, and let me say.. OMG.. I LOVE IT!!

anyway, I use kopete for icq / msn, but it doesn't run under fluxbox unless I type the full command "/usr/kde/3/bin/kopete"

is there a way I can add kopete to my menu then? because when I do, it does nothing cause it can't find it.

I hope I'm making sense :)

do I specify the full /usr/kde/3/bin/kopete command ? I tried this under my menu file, but still doesn't work.

thanks!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i've got this quick and dirty solution, just make a script :)

for example:

Code:

nano /usr/bin/kopete


type this

Code:

#!/bin/bash

/usr/kde/3/bin/kopete



save it and add it to your menu

now when you run it it will start kopete

maybe not the nicest of solutions but it works for me
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You could make a symlink as well, but that may not work in certain situations where the application expects to be in a certain directory. I think you'd be better off modifying your xsession file.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you can just specify the direct location in your menu file :)

which makes it dead easy!

from my menu file:

[submenu] (Net)
[exec] (gaim) {gaim}
[exec] (kopete) {/usr/kde/3/bin/kopete}
[end]

thanks guys,

maybe you can use this too!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

maybe one other thing you can help me with..

I emerged a program for fluxbox that sits in the slit area and let me see all 4 virtual windows (workspace)

now I can't remember what it was! argh! any ideas?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

taskara wrote:
you can just specify the direct location in your menu file :)


Bah! Don't confuse us with easy ways of solving problems :)

Seriously, though, the new xsession file is better -- it uses /etc/profile to get the path variable, for instance, which means you can use "kopete" instead of "/usr/kde/3/bin/kopete" and is far less likely to break things.
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