Crunchbang/Fluxbox

ElderV.LaCoste · 2012-08-23 11:58:12

@ Servingwater - Thanks man. smile

@ Mariannemarlow - Thanks, me too - lol.

pvsage · 2012-08-23 14:51:23

ElderV.LaCoste wrote:

Here's a couple of themes I made if anyone wants them(I have a couple more too if requested I will post them here):
Bloodline_Black

I'm actually more interested in the wall...or rather, what's shown in the wall. Something similar to a tea ceremony?

ElderV.LaCoste · 2012-08-23 16:13:27

pvsage wrote:

I'm actually more interested in the wall...or rather, what's shown in the wall. Something similar to a tea ceremony?

Ah, ok. Nothing as sophisticated as the tea ceremony I'm afraid. I found the wallpaper on a "spa" website I think and the items shown are oils and such for massages. http://postimage.org/image/joaa5n2zn/

pvsage · 2012-08-23 16:21:58

OK, so those rolls are towels, not pastries; no wonder they looked fuzzy. Nevermind.

mariannemarlow · 2012-08-23 16:24:52

^ Guess you over-analysed that one tongue

pvsage · 2012-08-23 16:26:38

^ Nah, just hungry. roll

mariannemarlow · 2012-08-23 16:28:29

^ Aw, you made me feel bad now hmm
Sorry for taking the p*ss.

p.s. See I am not a man, I'm too sensitive.

bonezzzzzzzzzzz · 2012-08-30 01:29:10

This may seem like a stupid question (stupid enough that I really don't think it deserves its own thread), but I can't figure it out.

How can I switch window managers?

With all previous distributions there was a way to specify which WM or DE to use at the login screen. I installed #! 11, which has a login screen unlike any I've seen before. It's just a text input box for username, then press enter, then a text input box for password. There is no mouse, and there are no other controls on the login screen. Am I just being thick and not seeing something, or not getting something? I'd like to keep this login screen, because I think it's nice and clean, but I'd also like some way to specify which WM to boot into (because having tried both blackbox and fluxbox, I definitely prefer fluxbox [although the default menu in blackbox is pretty nice and well organized]).

rstrcogburn · 2012-08-30 01:41:49

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … with-slim/

bonezzzzzzzzzzz · 2012-08-30 02:35:43

rstrcogburn:
Thanks. I appreciate it.

PackRat · 2012-09-12 23:53:33

pvsage wrote:

OK, so those rolls are towels, not pastries; no wonder they looked fuzzy. Nevermind.

If it makes you feel any better, I thought they were pastries too.

Anyhow, back on topic. Not sure if it's been mentioned in this thread (didn't show in a search), but I just discovered that fbsetbg is capable of randomly selecting a wallpaper with each log in. Pays to take a look at the man page every now and then.

fbsetbg -r <wallpaper directory> &

in your fluxbox start-up script does the trick. Adds a little variety, just passing the information along.

arclance · 2012-09-13 00:03:02

I use cron to run that every half hour to change my background.
You have to set the DISPLAY environment variable in the cron command to get it to work.

bonezzzzzzzzzzz · 2012-09-13 00:57:10

PackRat - If you use conky you can insert a line in conky for that command to run at a specified interval to get it to change your wallpaper randomly.

${execi 600 fbsetbg -r /home/user/wallpapers}

That would be for once ever 10 minutes.

ElderV.LaCoste · 2012-09-13 09:07:53

Great tips. I wasn't aware that you could even do that without some fancy scripting.

@Rooster - Thanks for that link. Maybe now I can make peace with Slim. I just never cared much for that little cowpoke (cowboy talk lol).

384403 · 2012-09-21 09:48:09

I've used fluxbox for years, I've also used openbox (with crunchbang, obviously). Now I'm trying to get away from fluxbox because I've encountered a few bugs. Openbox seems better, but I need a panel for it, and tint2 is amazing. The feature I miss from fluxbox is specifying the window size, I'm using devilspie for that on openbox. So, yeah, I need openbox+tint2+devilspie for the same functionality as fluxbox, but openbox+tint2 are more modern and more configurable. On a very old laptop I'm still using fluxbox, but I think I'll try blackbox on that one.

vrkalak · 2012-09-27 16:43:48

I have been using the new release of #!Crunchbang-11 Waldorf with the Fluxbox WM added.

Except for a minor workaround with SLIM, to get other WMs in the 'Sessions' option . . . everything is working well.

I have used #! with Openbox since Statler was 1st released and still have and use that version the most.
However, I have been a hard-core Fluxbox user for a while now and installing Fluxbox with Wheezy seemed like a good idea. cool

moetunes · 2012-10-06 07:54:14

Hi. I used fluxbox from 2006 'till mid 2010 when it was a bit slow updating and had some issues. I tried lots of different window managers as a replacement and ended up building my own. I'm still enamoured with fluxbox, so much so that I've built some of flux's uniqueness into what I use now. Here's my favourite shot from 2010:

If you're using fluxbox and are familiar with the manpages(notice the plural there) you should be enjoying your desktop for sure.

Cheers

ElderV.LaCoste · 2012-10-12 13:41:06

@Moetunes - Nice! What are you using now?

moetunes · 2012-10-15 05:44:37

ElderV.LaCoste wrote:

@Moetunes - Nice! What are you using now?

I use the snapwm that had a mention in the 30 window managers in 30 days thread. smile

m5 · 2012-11-26 15:44:24

I`m very new to fluxbox.
found some fluxbox styles :
http://tenr.de/styles/

arclance · 2012-12-31 01:10:57

A new version of Fluxbox was just released.

arclance · 2013-02-10 22:36:31

Another new version of fluxbox, 1.3.4, was released.
This one fixes several major bugs in the last version.

Critical Bugfixes in 1.3.4:

    All timer based problems are fixed now
    Fixed integer overflows for some gradient textures
    Fixed compile issue on MacOS

Coladito · 2013-02-11 09:47:21

I really like fluxbox. I tried it with xubuntu 12.10 but thunar not show icons. I tried editing.
Gtkrc-2.0
gtk-icon-theme-name = IconsName but no luck sad
Now use #! but when I have time I try it again smile

arclance · 2013-02-11 14:43:38

^ Fluxbox should have no affect on Icons unless xfce is forcing something for thunar.
Your icon line in .gtkrc-2.0 should be

gtk-icon-theme-name="IconsName"

not

gtk-icon-theme-name = IconsName

vrkalak · 2013-02-13 04:29:08

I am one of the Debian-Maintainers for the Fluxbox package -- in our efforts to fix all critical-bugs, in preparation for the NEW Debian 7 Wheezy 'stable' release -- we have released a new release of the Fluxbox WM. Mostly, all bug fixes but it makes Fluxbox more stable as a Window Manager.
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Fluxbox 1.3.4 - bend physics back to reality
Sun Feb 10 16:34:13 UTC 2013

New year, new release. Since the fluxbox-1.3.3 contained a few rather nasty bugs (some have labeled it "unlucky release" smile ), here is the 100% bug free version you should use from now on. No more time holes, sorry folks.

General:

Added 'LHalf' / 'RHalf' titlebar buttons
Added 'ClientPatternTest' command for testing clientpatterns via fluxbox-remote
Added 'he_IL' translations

Critical Bugfixes in 1.3.4:

All timer based problems are fixed now
Fixed integer overflows for some gradient textures
Fixed compile issue on MacOS

Other Bugfixes:

Correct renderinger of 'sunken' textures
Move windows without the lagging-behind-effect on slower machines
Improved color brightening in textures
Memory and other code improvements in texture rendering code
Fix build-system issues

Happy fluxboxing!
The Fluxbox Team

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