[GLLUG] fluxbox questions

Alex Nelson anelson at ansoftcomputing.com
Wed Sep 24 00:05:30 EDT 2003


On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 18:14, Dylan M. wrote:
> C. Ulrich wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:40, steven collins wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>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 
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >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
> >  
> >
> 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
> 
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Have you tried fluxconf? Otherwise the settings are stored in the
.fluxbox directory in your home directory. If you have detailed
questions, feel free to contact me directly.

-
Alex Nelson
ANSoft Computing




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