gDesklets???

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

I am running XFce4. I want to:

Enable gDesklets.
Disable the panel
Disable the taskbar

I emerged the gdesklets-core ebuild, and I have no idea what to do next.

moocha · Watchman Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 5722

gdesklets-core provides the core gDesklets functionality. In order to actually use it you need to install some
Make sure you've got app-portage/gentoolkit installed. Running

provicemo · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 2:50 am Post subject:

Basically from /etc/xfce4/xinitrc, remove

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

Thank you for the advice guys!

I started XFce without the panel and it is indead gone, but I don't have any gDesklets configured yet. I have no idea how to do this. I tried typing 'gdesklets', but I get this message:

darkarchon · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:10 am Post subject:

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

BTW, here is qpkg -i desklet:

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

Started up the gdesklet just fine with

Falling_Icaro · n00b Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 18

well, after emerging a specific desklet you go:

/usr/share/gdesklets/Displays/<display_dir>/

and do:

$ gdesklets <desklet_name>.display

then focus your mouse on your desktop and choose the place it looks best

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

Thanks... I figured that out the hard way... :oops:

darkarchon · Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 5:01 am Post subject:

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

Thanks for the advide. gDesklets are awesome!

What the hell are wrong the image tags?
http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/mystic0/desktop.png

Ard Righ · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 5:02 am Post subject:

If you search the forums for the Lila theme, the Lila icon set along with gdesklets looks very nice.

Falcon4 · n00b Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 14

darkarchon · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 5:48 am Post subject:

Ard Righ · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 9:37 am Post subject:

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

Thank you for the support, guys.

I have to be leaving soon... after I get home I will give a detailed explanation to how I exactly set it up.

To get you started, go over to /usr/share/gdesklets/Display/name of desklet/ and type gdesklets name.desklet.

I don't know what you mean by corrupted...:/

I am using XFce.

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

Update:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/mystic0/desktop2.png

The icon set is Umicons 2.0. You can find it on DeviantART.

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

Do "emerge search desklet"

Emerge any desklets you want.

As a user, NOT ROOT, go to /usr/share/gdesklets/Displays/

Do a dir to see the contents of the folders and cd into the one you want to activate.

Inside that directory, type "gdeskets XXXX.display" where XXXX is the name of the display file.

I have no idea what a psi is. I am having trouble myself installing desklets without using emerge. I only know how to use displays. For example, I download a desklet and run the install script. I have no idea where it puts my files... :cry:

routerguy · Guru Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 462

I also recommend using new fonts. I used Aquafont and Crillee. Try emerge search font. For the bottom icons, I used starterbar.

Drewgrange · Guru Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 483 Location: Ohio, US

Someone posted another way to do this in an earlier thread. You could also run gnome, kill nautilus and run xfdesktop. Then set that as your default session. I remember having some problems running it the other way, but this has been working great for me.