xfce4 4.0.4 for pdaxrom

[terminate]

So i found a way to make auto-rotation work:

make a script named rotation in /usr/local/bin with the following text:

#!/bin/bash
while (true) do
    sleep 2
    chkhinge ]& /dev/null
done

make it executable with: chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rotation
then put this line under the xmonobut& in /usr/local/etc/xfce4/xinitrc

rotation&



I tried to make the thing work as sashz do by catching the Sys_Req keyevent and executing chkhinge, but xfwm4 doesn\'t seem to handle this in default.keys, if someone would like to try ..

[CoreyC]

terminate,

That rotation script works great.  Is there anyway to rearrange the taskbar so xmonobut is on the left side of the screen *only* when it is rotated?  The top right of the screen is the perfect place for it in landscape mode, but it is not useable while rotated.

Maybe a simpler solution would be to map xmonobut to one of the hardware \'buttons\' on the edge of the screen?

[terminate]

A solution is to go into settings ] taskbar and uncheck the \"Show system tray in taskbar\", then add a system tray into the panel. Now you have the xmonobut visible even in rotated mode. Note that you may have to make the panel \"tiny\" to see it, but it\'s there.

[CoreyC]

That\'s perfect, thanks for the help.

[eonblueapocalypse]

overall its really better than gui that comes with pdaxrom.the xffm though is a real push for the memory of zaurus.Its way too slow! and thumbs of pics take forever (in qtopia it was a real pleasure to have immediately previews but those tabs were awfully makin my zaurus remind a cell phone). So i dl\'ed gqview for pics which is fast enough.any proposal for a file manager that suits well?
Oh and video playback was much worse than in \"daniela\" rom i had.mplayer seems to b slow even out of X in the console. Is swap space the only solution?

[CoreyC]

try the \'mc\' (midnight commander) package from the pdaxrom feed.  it is a console file manager with mouse support.

Also look at rox from that feed.

[newkirk]

make it executable with: chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rotation
then put this line under the xmonobut& in /usr/local/etc/xfce4/xinitrc

How about putting the whole \'script\' in xinitrc instead:

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eval "while (true) do sleep1;chkhinge >& /dev/null;done" &

I\'m thrilled to have auto-rotate and auto-display-off back.  

Thanks.

j

[ScottYelich]

of course, 4.0.5 was just made available... with many fixes, etc.
it seems that 4.2 is coming long(??) -- and this may allow for icons on the desktop, etc.

Scott

[terminate]

It doesn\'t seem to be worth upgrading, because the gtk version sashz used for the rom isn\'t 2.4.x, and the release is aimed to bring compatibility to that version..

I will make 4.2 packages as soon as this is available.

[ScottYelich]

I have 4.0.4 at work... and I\'ll probably siwtch to it on the pda.
it\'s nice to be able to auto-hide the task bar and the bar at the bottom.

I\'m waiting/preparing for 4.2  :-]

Scott

[eonblueapocalypse]

Anyone solved thisone? when i reboot the xfce doesnt remember any values about suspend time and also backlight setting(its set to maximum). I have to run the Light&power app to make it remember it has to supsend and all. Oh! and suspending most of the times just doesnt happen. Ive seen it in another post too.I have to remove battery and all which makes me freak about the health of my pet. Thats the main reason im thinkin of switching to qtopia. Apart from these i really love xfce n with aterm\'s transparency its really unbeatable.

[terminate]

you can do that in two ways:
- get the latest ipk from my feed (first post in this topic), that includes a patched xinitrc which does the same as sashz for mb, using that my suspend works fine
- extract by yourself the lines concerning suspend and backlit from sashz xinitrc and put them in xfce xinitrc.

hope this helps

[eonblueapocalypse]

thx alot .all problems seem to b solved and im happy with pdaxrom once again