[GLLUG] fluxbox questions

[Dylan M.]

C. Ulrich wrote:

>On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:40, steven collins wrote:
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>>I've recently started using fluxbox on some of my machines. I've noticed
>>some odd activity that I was hoping someone here could shed some light
>>on for me. So here is it:
>>
>>Certain functions like mouse settings, background wallpaper, and
>>screensaver don't work until I open gnomecc and click the option. I
>>don't need to enable anything or change the settings and save them. Just
>>click it and suddenly it works right. (an exception here is the
>>background image. It shows up but is all stretched out funny until going
>>into gnomecc). 
>>
>>Is there some options I'm missing in fluxbox that need to be passed
>>during fluxbox startup? Maybe in the .xinitrc file? I'm at a loss. The
>>fluxbox FAQ is slightly lacking.
>>
>>-steven 
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>Are you trying to use it in conjunction with GNOME? If that's the case,
>then you've probably come across some bugs. I'm using an older version
>on my underpowered laptop, which has always worked great. However, I
>recently tried both the newer stable and development versions but ended
>up uninstalling them because of some showstopping bugs. It appears
>development of fluxbox is moving very slowly. I'm trying to adapt to
>fvwm2 now, which is very fast, very configurable, and very stable. The
>biggest downfall is that you have to learn the "fvwm2 programming
>language" (my terminology, not theirs) just to tweak the thing. :P
>
>Charles Ulrich
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well, being relatively new to fluxbox (about 3 days), my previous wm was 
blackbox for the past 4 years, its close enough for the advice to be 
valid.  tho i've never run BB with gnome, the utility bbrb works well 
with both BB and fluxbox for settings/adjusting wallpaper.  for the 
screensaver, i have always had to run xscreensaver manually to get that 
running.  as far as the mouse settings, what are you looking for?  
speed/acceleration, or some good mousewheel action?
dylan