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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: bastichelaar on November 06, 2004, 07:47:01 pm
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Title says it all, I just finished compiling the newest Fluxbox WM. Have fun!
Direct link (http://www.pdaxrom.org/ipk_feed.php?menuid=&getfile=fluxbox_0.9.10_armv5tel.ipk&ipkname=fluxbox&ipktable=unstableipkfeed)
Screenshot:
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Theme:
Download IPK (http://www.pdaxrom.org/ipk_feed.php?menuid=&getfile=fluxbox-theme_0.1_armv5tel.ipk&ipkname=fluxbox-theme&ipktable=unstableipkfeed)
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hello
i installed fluxbox.ipk but nothing happen
can you help
thanks
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Change /home/root/.xinitrc to point to fluxbox...
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bastichelaar, thank you very much!!!
Fluxbox really great
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I'm a little dense, but what exactly needs to be done to point to fluxbox in .xinitrc?
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Comment out the line that runs openbox and replace with one that runs fluxbox instead.
Dave
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bastichelaar thanks now fluxbox is working
but the menu is not pointing to my applications (not my menu)
have i to enter manually all my applications in menu file
or is there any instruction to do that automaticly
thanks
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Try "fluxbox-generate_menu"...
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Is there a screenshot of this? This is so cool. I'm a gentoo-fluxbox user and these new wms are making me drool. I'm waiting for the rest of the kde pim pi to be ported before I can even think of going pdaxrom.
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Fluxbox rocks... I just finished compiling vdesk and torsmo, and the look is awesome. I will post a screenshot when my battery is fully charged again.
There is only 1 problem: the CTRL-key doesn't work good, I have to press both SHIFT and CTRL to make the CTRL key work. Any idea?
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Thanks for Fluxbox. I am partial to its approach of generating a menu where you point when you need it rather than always losing screen space to a panel. It's working well. The generate-menu feature finds a lot of apps and saves time though most will want more customization.
To try it out without editing .xinitrc, you can simply run startx with the path to fluxbox as an option:
startx /usr/local/bin/fluxbox
The japanese key between Fn and Space, closer to Space, works as the Control key for me, but I haven't tried it in many applications yet.
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Just look at this AWESOME screenshot... Fluxbox rox, I will upload this as a theme soon! The quality is not very good, but it's an impression
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Any chance you'd post your configuration files bastichelaar?
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Done...
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nice!!
does fluxbox support keyboard shortcuts for the icons in the desktop?
I've been pimpin' my desktop in my free time, but i've not tried fluxbox
am currently using ROX + XFCE
(sorry for my poor english )
Edit:
i forgot: the taskbar shown in your screenshot is really cute! i use xfce's taskbar, but it's kinnda ugly.
does that taskbar supports notification area (or whatever that's called)?
--Jenn
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Done...
I must be missing something, where are they?
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I edited the first post of this topic... The IPK is in the unstable feed on www.pdaxrom.org. Man, it is 2 a.m. and I`m posting this from my Zaurus over GPRS...
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Ok, so the sample files must be in the new ipk I imagine...
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THANK YOU!
It's beautiful!!!
However, my function key doesn't work*. xev shows it as an alt key, same as the ones with the Japanese characters. Is this just something in a config file that I can fix? I have all sorts of wonderful plans for the fluxbox keys file, but I need this to work first.
*Doesn't work: keypresses are read as normal even with function key pressed.
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can it be configured to have the 'menu' button pull up the on screen menu (same as tap and hold)?
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Just look at this AWESOME screenshot... Fluxbox rox, I will upload this as a theme soon! The quality is not very good, but it's an impression
how about including a battery indicator.
does the ~/.fluxbox/keys work as well as the desktop version
are there keycodes for the jogdial and ok/cancel buttons
I use fluxbox as my windowmanager in linux, nice to see that I can use it in the zaurus too.
tovarish
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I use Torsmo (http://torsmo.sourceforge.net) for my battery status...
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I use Torsmo (http://torsmo.sourceforge.net) for my battery status...
Torsmo shows battery status?
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Yes, use $battery as variable in ~/.torsmorc...
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thanks =)
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Hi bastichelaar
i've installed the packages you've given in the first post (fluxbox and the theme). then i've backed up my .xinitrc and created a new one that only contains "exec /usr/local/bin/fluxbox"
then i start X by using "startx" and the fluxbox taskbar appears, but not the desktop, so I just can see that gray-grid background from the X server
What should i tweak to get the fluxbox desktop or set the background?
there's a script called "fbsetbg" in your fluxbox ipk. i figured out it was for setting the background, so i gave a try this way:
fbsetbg -f /path/to/my/background/image
but then appears an xmessage that says it can't find an app to set the wallpaper with, and suggests me to install Eterm. No wallpaper is set
any hint?
thanks
--Jenn
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Jenn:
Go to this url: http://www.dangerz.net/dz/xinitrc (http://www.dangerz.net/dz/xinitrc)
If you want, you can wget that from your Zaurus. Use that as your .xinitrc and that'll should everything for fluxbox. Comment out the trosmo and vdesk lines tho if you dont have/use them.
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For those whose function key also may not work,
xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/corgi.xmodmap
Solved my problem perfectly, thanks dz!
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thanks dz! but still no background image, neither a way to set it
Changing system styles works fine, but when i change to the only one user style that is present, the wallpaper does not appear. where in the theme config file is defined that image? is it possible to define a wallpaper anywhere in the fluxbox menus? does fbsetbg actually work? yeah, i know, RTFM
--Jenn
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thanks dz! but still no background image, neither a way to set it
Changing system styles works fine, but when i change to the only one user style that is present, the wallpaper does not appear. where in the theme config file is defined that image? is it possible to define a wallpaper anywhere in the fluxbox menus? does fbsetbg actually work? yeah, i know, RTFM
--Jenn
i'm getting the same no background problem as you
and when I launch aterm, it launches in a transparent window (which is nice) but the shape is all messed up, tall and narrow instead of like a box
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Jenn:
Make sure you have the following libraries:
imlib 1.9.15
tiff 3.6.1
libungif 4.1.3
wget http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/imlib_1.9.15_armv5tel.ipk (http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/imlib_1.9.15_armv5tel.ipk)
wget http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/tiff_3.6.1_armv5tel.ipk (http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/tiff_3.6.1_armv5tel.ipk)
wget http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/libungif_4.1.3_armv5tel.ipk (http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/libungif_4.1.3_armv5tel.ipk)
Install those and that should fix it.
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jenn - dz helped me out... apparently I was missing a few libs (due to feed not working correctly, I had to wget and install ipks one at a time).
just install the following and it should work:
libungif_4.1.3_armv5tel.ipk (http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/libungif_4.1.3_armv5tel.ipk)
imlib_1.9.15_armv5tel.ipk (http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/imlib_1.9.15_armv5tel.ipk)
tiff_3.6.1_armv5tel.ipk (http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/tiff_3.6.1_armv5tel.ipk)
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damn - you beat me by one minute... you bastard!!!
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For the background I use Esetroot, downloadable at my website. fbsetbg calls to Esetroot or any other background setter.
Direct link: here (http://zaurus.xerys.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=26&task=view_category&catid=11&order=dmdate_published&ascdesc=DESC)
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Please point me in the right direction to discover how to get my apps to show up in Fluxbox's menu.
Thanks,
Bill
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wmadan
have you run fluxbox-generate_menu yet?
after that, there is a file in ~/.fluxbox called 'menu'.. edit that
Also, check out: http://www.fluxbox.org/docbook/en/html/x741.html (http://www.fluxbox.org/docbook/en/html/x741.html)
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thank you guys!!
now let's test this cute window manager
--Jenn
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Hahaha, I spend 5 hours fighting every part of my system, get it approximately working, and now see you have posted solutions to all my problems. It could have been wrapped up in 10 minutes. Arg.
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bastichelaar,
just curious... since you originally posted FVWM, i have been using that and find it an extremely good window manager. very flexible and configurable.
how is fluxbox better? after tweaking FVWM for a while, why would i (or you) switch?
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fluxbox is nice
but how do you rotate this?
and how add icons to the desktop?
i trie dto add JustReader
but after it restarts.. it disappear
weird..why?
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also
vdesk doesn't work for me
no icons
it said "Illegal instruction"
same as perl, mathomatic
what can i do about it?
thanks
what's wrong?
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after playing 2 hrs fluxbox (first time )
the toolbar and menu are bit small for Zaurus
i always click the wrong thing
is there any way to make it larger? for easy access?
i ran 'pmonobut' and 'mb-applet-volume'
both work fine
but again.... too small for the toolbar
anyways
it's a great Window Manager
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ehm.... can anyone post the original xinitrc?
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Sorry for crossposting, but I figured this question would be better placed here:
Is this version of Fluxbox supposed to work with RC5? Because I'm getting the following error: "fluxbox: relocation error: fluxbox: symbol __floatsisf, version GCC_3.0 not defined in file libgcc_s.so.1 with link time reference".
Quite a mouth full
Anyway, it looks as if either it expects a different libgcc version, or it's compiled with a different float setting (which changed between RC5 and the previous version). Or is this just a matter of upgrading a package?
Any help is appreciated.
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Sorry for crossposting, but I figured this question would be better placed here:
Is this version of Fluxbox supposed to work with RC5? Because I'm getting the following error: "fluxbox: relocation error: fluxbox: symbol __floatsisf, version GCC_3.0 not defined in file libgcc_s.so.1 with link time reference".
Quite a mouth full
Anyway, it looks as if either it expects a different libgcc version, or it's compiled with a different float setting (which changed between RC5 and the previous version). Or is this just a matter of upgrading a package?
Any help is appreciated.
i grab it off from unstable feed
works like a charm on my RC5
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For setting the height of the bar:
edit /home/root/.fluxbox/init
find the line :
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 16
and change the 16 to something like 24 or 32 and reload the config or restart X
For getting the menu to popup with the menu key
edit /home/root/.fluxbox/keys
and add a line:
None XF86Start :RootMenu
and reload the config or restart X
The pb is that the menu appears under the mouse cursor, a nice hack to fluxbox could be to make the menu always appear at 0,0 instead. I think it will be more usable this way.
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i grab it off from unstable feed
works like a charm on my RC5
Odd, that's where I got mine too... http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/fluxbox_0.9.10_armv5tel.ipk (http://www.pdaxrom.org/unstable/fluxbox_0.9.10_armv5tel.ipk) . Did you install anything special to make it run?
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I found I couldn't get fluxbox to work after installing all the IPK's listed in this thread until I rebooted my Zaurus. HTH
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fluxbox is nice
but how do you rotate this?
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Hi, samxiao
Add belows to /home/root/.fluxbox/keys and restart X
None XF86RotateWindows :exec chkhinge
edited:
Before editing, check this.
xmodmap /etc/X11/kb/corgi.xmodmap
If you want rotation manually, just 'chkhinge' in terminal.
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Hi there,
i just installed fluxbox with vdesk and torsmo.
Fluxbox runs, torsmo the same, but vdesk seems
not to function. I can´t drag&drop folders or files
on the desktop, which is annoying!
Furthermore i didn´t find where to add "$battery"
so that torsmo also shows the battery-status.
Any hint/tip would help me...
Thx in advance,
Nico