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[skot]

*sigh*

So, when xfce loads, my taskbar is blank, but my menu pops up just fine.

I do not have a panel, however. When I open a console and type: xfce4-panel &

I get all manner of errors in the console (996 was the last one I got), but then a dialogue box pops up and says: "There is already a task bar running." (Or something very close to that.)

What did I do now? Or what didn't I do?

Help xfce4 gurus - you're my only hope!

[iczer3]

Dear skot,

When you have a taskbar on top, I think something interacts with the xfce4 ??

In there, try open a terminal do killall xftaskbar4 and then start the menu
and see if that works.

BR,

Felix.

[miskinis]

*sigh* [...]  I get all manner of errors in the console (996 was the last one I got), but then [...]

Hi,  I tried to help you before, but you ignored my question about whether or not the
default WM runs.  I was asking this before, to see if indeed, any window manager would
run with the way your machine was at that time, after the various installs you performed.

For now, I would suggest posting the first few, or all of the errors.  You may be able to
log them to a file, using "xfce4-panel > sigh.txt 2>&1" and then posting the
contents of the sigh.txt file.  The reason I say might, is that I do not know how XFCE
is implemented internally in regard to output.

[skot]

*sigh* [...]  I get all manner of errors in the console (996 was the last one I got), but then [...]

Hi,  I tried to help you before, but you ignored my question about whether or not the
default WM runs.  I was asking this before, to see if indeed, any window manager would
run with the way your machine was at that time, after the various installs you performed.

For now, I would suggest posting the first few, or all of the errors.  You may be able to
log them to a file, using "xfce4-panel > sigh.txt 2>&1" and then posting the
contents of the sigh.txt file.  The reason I say might, is that I do not know how XFCE
is implemented internally in regard to output.
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Hey there!

Yes, ROX has always run just fine. (I started by installing ROX by itself and playing with it before trying out xfce). Sorry, I thought I had mentioned that in my other post - I'm definitely not ignoring anyone! (I need the help, obviously...)

The error I get tells me that an icon is missing and I should go download it - but this is a new error. It's also the only one. So, I'm going to try resetting all the theme/icons to default and see if this works, now.

If not, I'll post the complete error list.

Thanks again!

[karlto]

The panel sounds like the guilty party, and is pretty much the one weakness in the default setup. Have a skim through this thread for a dozen ways to deal with it.

My favourite is to use something else (fbpanel)

[skot]

SUCCESS!

Thanks for all the advice. The best help was found in a threaed karlo suggested. I will copy the best part right here:


Step by step (from Chero):

Download the base file :
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/....2_armv5tel.ipk

install it :
CODE
# cd /to/where/you/put/the/file
# ipkg install xfce4_4.2.2_armv5tel.ipk

This installed the files in "/", if you want them on SD instead :
CODE
# cd /to/where/you/put/the/file
# ipkg -d /mnt/card install xfce4_4.2.2_armv5tel.ipk


Make sure you have libxml2 on your system, it's in the feed.
Quit matchbox
from command prompt :
CODE
# startxfce4


Now you should be running xfce4

For plugins and additional files, look here :
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/1.1.0/rc10/chero
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/.../rc10/chero/old

One more thing to add: I had been running Beta 3 - and none of this worked for me. When I flashed back to Beta 1 - everything worked!

Thanks again for all the help! This is everything I had hoped for with my Z!

[Chero]

SUCCESS!

Thanks for all the advice. The best help was found in a threaed karlo suggested. I will copy the best part right here:


Step by step (from Chero):

Download the base file :
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/....2_armv5tel.ipk

install it :
CODE
# cd /to/where/you/put/the/file
# ipkg install xfce4_4.2.2_armv5tel.ipk

This installed the files in "/", if you want them on SD instead :
CODE
# cd /to/where/you/put/the/file
# ipkg -d /mnt/card install xfce4_4.2.2_armv5tel.ipk


Make sure you have libxml2 on your system, it's in the feed.
Quit matchbox
from command prompt :
CODE
# startxfce4


Now you should be running xfce4

For plugins and additional files, look here :
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/1.1.0/rc10/chero
http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/pdaXrom/.../rc10/chero/old

One more thing to add: I had been running Beta 3 - and none of this worked for me. When I flashed back to Beta 1 - everything worked!

Thanks again for all the help! This is everything I had hoped for with my Z!
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It does work in beta 3 as well if you install libiconv (from beta 1 feed) first.

(new version will be up in a week or something like that)

Have fun,
Chero.