fluxbox + idesk + docker (from openbox)

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digitalsy · Post by **digitalsy** » Sat May 03, 2003 4:51 am

I can't seem to get all these apps to co-exist nicely. I mean I can run fluxbox and then load idesk and docker, that works perfectly. However i'm absolutely STUMPED as to how to get idesk and docker to load up when i login through gdm and fluxbox loads.

I've tried the following:
. adding idesk and docker to .xsession and .xinitrc
. adding idesk and docker to /etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox (shot in the dark)

that's about it, i mean...it should work either of those 2 ways right?

I did notice something really strange, when using .xsession absolutely nothing worked, when using .xinitrc nothing worked but when i went to exit fluxbox, my idesk icons showed up and idesk i guess just loaded upon exit. (the only way to get out of X then is CTRL-ALT-BSPACE)

I'd really like to get idesk and docker working on startup so I can actually use a FAST wm...

Appreciate any input/help.

-digi

nbrown · Post by **nbrown** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:04 am

I've never tried to load those programs at startup, but I load fluxter, wxmms and gkrellm2. I edited the

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/etc/X11/Sessions/fluxbox

file and added the programs I wanted to run like this

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fluxter -w &
wmxmms &
gkrellm2 &
/usr/bin/fluxbox

Try putting your programs in there if you want, but they will run for all users.

-Nate

st. anger · Post by **st. anger** » Sat May 03, 2003 5:19 am

well if youre using 'startx' then the file you want to edit is .xinitrc. it sounds like youre not putting the '&' after the commands you want.

the wm has to be the last line in xinitrc and all progs you want loaded have to hjave the '&' after

timmfin · Post by **timmfin** » Sat May 03, 2003 6:30 am

For gdm, you have to edit the /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/fluxbox file. That is the file used to startup fluxbox, the same usage as a .xinitrc.

dev · Post by **dev** » Sat May 03, 2003 6:38 am

The differences between having to use the .xinitrc and not using it never seem to get explained.

If you use the XSESSION var at the end of your /etc/rc.conf then X uses the /etc/X11/Sessions/<wm> file to init X.

If you don't have XSESSION set to anything, then you're probably using a Display Manager (GDM, KDM, XDM) or $HOME/.xinitrc.

digitalsy · Post by **digitalsy** » Sat May 03, 2003 7:12 am

thanks for the clarification nbrown and timmfin (and everyone else!) both adding /usr/bin/idesk & and /usr/bin/docker & to /etc/X11/gdm/Session/fluxbox works now! both entries are placed before the /usr/bin/fluxbox entry

Many thanks!
-digitalsy

digitalsy · Post by **digitalsy** » Sat May 03, 2003 4:28 pm

Well i tested a few things out, and for some reason I added a new icon for vmware, and double clicking it won't work most of the time unless i click my mouse buttons like a maniac...then one out of 10times it will load.

Are there double click delay settings somewhere in the idesk conf?

What about single click? I tried that but it didn't work either.

Hope this thread is still being viewed....

timmfin · Post by **timmfin** » Sat May 03, 2003 6:21 pm

Hey in the latest devel version it is. Go here http://idesk.timmfin.net.

Also so this post http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... ight=idesk

grom · Post by **grom** » Sun May 04, 2003 12:47 am

just out of curiosity why are you using docker in fluxbox? Doesn't the slit already handle kde 3 tray stuff? Or does this docker do iconified stuff too?

digitalsy · Post by **digitalsy** » Sun May 04, 2003 2:36 am

How would I go about using this "slit" to dock gaim and other such apps ?

-digi

RdsArts · Post by **RdsArts** » Sun May 04, 2003 3:32 am

grom wrote:just out of curiosity why are you using docker in fluxbox? Doesn't the slit already handle kde 3 tray stuff? Or does this docker do iconified stuff too?

Not sure why he is, but for me, either flux's icon dock support is broken, or it doesn't handle "GNOME" docks.

GAIM's icon doesn't appear. Xmms' Icon doesnt' appear.

Docker's the only one that'll work for them.

Or, it's borked on both my Gentoo and FreeBSD installs. (Both with KDE support enabled. Explcitly. Heck, on the Gentoo box, I manually editted the ebuild to ensure it'd pass "I WANT KDE" to the configure script just to make sure.)

Mpemba Effect · Post by **Mpemba Effect** » Sun May 04, 2003 11:26 am

It works here

... go to gaim > preferences > plugins > system tray icon.

RdsArts · Post by **RdsArts** » Sun May 04, 2003 1:40 pm

Mpemba Effect wrote:It works here ... go to gaim > preferences > plugins > system tray icon.

There's a Flux option for gaim > preferences > plugins > system tray icon?

Otherwise, I stand by it showing up in docker, and not flux.

easykill · Post by **easykill** » Sun May 04, 2003 2:57 pm

you might have to compile fluxbox with

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USE="kde gnome" emerge fluxbox

so that it will handle kde/gnome dockapps

That fixed it when I couldn't get licq docking correctly...dunno about gaim though.

nbrown · Post by **nbrown** » Tue May 06, 2003 5:51 pm

Maybe I'm confused, but I don't think

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USE="kde gnome" emerge fluxbox

does anything. When I ran emerge fluxbox -vp, this is the output I got:

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bash-2.05b$ emerge fluxbox-0.1.14-r1.ebuild -uvp

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!

bash-2.05b$ emerge fluxbox-0.1.14-r1.ebuild -vp

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild   R  ] x11-wm/fluxbox-0.1.14-r1  +nls 

bash-2.05b$

Is this right, or does the USE="kde gnome" actually do something for a fluxbox emerge?

-Nate

djprotoss · Post by **djprotoss** » Mon May 19, 2003 2:42 pm

[EDIT:]
I was mistaken.
Although the IUSE of fluxbox is only nls, it inherits kda and gnome from commonbox... This might explain why it didin;t admit to this when querired (a bug in portage?)

fluxbox + idesk + docker (from openbox)

fluxbox + idesk + docker (from openbox)

USE="kde gnome"???