[SOLVED]FluxBox

Today I tried installing FluxBox to try out something other than gnome and because I liked the look of the customisability. Unfortunately like the majority of thread starters in the newbie corner Ive been having some difficulties. Running fluxbox-generate_menu reveals that it cannot access /root/.fluxbox/menu. Later on I made the folder my self and got it to generate a menu file. But using startx to load fluxbox results in the default menu. I have uninstalled flux box; rebooted then installed again but it still dosen't work. All I have now is a headache; so I'm counting on you to save me please .
Eternally Gratefully,
Kernal Panic(pronounced colonel)
Last edited by Kernal Panic (2007-11-26 18:17:22)

paul_au wrote:
marchfluxmenu looks very nice, im guessing its your work? If so its looks very good.
Looks like I'm now going to have to download March Linux to check out your work. Im a big fan of fluxbox except for the lack of a decent Alt+Tab listing.
Have you thought about marchfluxmenu in aur? (If its there I can't find it)
Thank you for your compliments...it is indeed my work!
Since I'm quite new to programming, it feels nice to hear someone complimenting my works!
The current version of March Linux which is available for downloads, doesn't include mfm though. In fact, ATM I'm working on a new version of March, which will include various new features : tools like mfm and a control center maybe; better selection of packages and most importantly, an installer!
It will be completed as soon as my coding acumen attains the necessary level!
As for a PKGBUILD for mfm, I'm not sure it can be done at all, since by design it is 'installed' under the /home dir of current user!

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Last edited by Bellum (2011-09-09 08:39:50)

Well, I tried using keymodes but ended up disabling all the default keys. Probably just an error on my part, but I've come up with an alternative solution. It's not as clean, but I just have two keys files and a keybinding to activate a script that switches between the two. Consider my original idea. After giving a cursory glance at sed, it's amazing how quickly I came up with a solution to avoid it. xD
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[solved] Fluxbox gets "messy" after upgrade

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Immediately after the update, the left and right mousebutton stopped working; however the middle mouse button did work. I ran nvidia-xconfig, and then the right button started working again. With this right mouse button I can start the menu. However, the menu for some reason is very "wide", and only a part of the fluxbox menu is "accessible" (most menus simply do not open), And the desktop gets "messy" as well, with parts of the screen changing but other parts not (I can' really describe it better).
Fortunately I can issue command, and I have a bash prompt, so the computer is useable...
I tried to change from nvidia driver to the nouveau, and both have the same problems...
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.xsession-errors wrote:The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
(Details: serial 430 error_code 3 request_code 20 minor_code 0)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
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XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0.0"^M
after 496 requests (496 known processed) with 0 events remaining.^M
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(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "us"
(WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
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(**) USB Mouse: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
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(**) USB Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Xorg Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
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EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
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Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection
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Driver "nvidia"
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Identifier "Screen0"
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EndSection
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Last edited by anadyr (2009-11-07 11:37:38)

Hi!, I have similar problem with kde 4.3.3 and nvidia. It takes a long time to respond when I click on the KMenu, press Alt F2, open yakuake by pressing F12...
Is this issue related to this.
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[SOLVED] Fluxbox won't work and mirror problem

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Last edited by The Avatar of Time (2008-02-16 07:32:36)

Ah, sorry, I should have specified that you add it to your ~/.xinitrc file, and you will most likely have to make then edit that file (as I did) yourself.
touch ~/.xinitrc
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exec startfluxbox
and save. If that still doesn't work let me know
You will always get kicked back to the command line, as X cannot find any login manager, and you had no user-specified fallback file that it would look for instead, so it fell back finally on the system-wide fallback, which is TWM.
So you have to rely on writing your own way to start x, which is the ~/.xinitrc file. Otherwise it will always find twm.
If you really don't want twm, you can easily remove it (I don't have it installed at all) with a simple 'pacman -R xorg-twm'.
HTH
Last edited by wyvern (2008-02-15 18:45:07)

[SOLVED] [FluxBox] Mouse can't move...

Hi,
This is my first post in the forum
I'm having a problem... Yesterday, everything was working perfectly in FluxBox... This morning, I started it with
startx
. The mouse could not move and the keyboard was not responding either!
I really don't know what to do... I tried few things :
Xorg -configure
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I modified few configuration files [FAIL]
So, can you help me please:)
Thanks,
Bye
***EDIT***
I succedeed! I feel a little bit stupid.... the problem was that hal was not started at boot... In fact, in /etc/rc.conf, in the daemon section, I wrote "hak" instead of "hal"... That's why!
Bye
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Last edited by MaitreEauEau (2009-06-13 15:21:55)

Hi.
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And post your Xorg.0.log.
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[SOLVED][Fluxbox]xcompmgr does't render all perfectly

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PS. Sorry for my bad english
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Last edited by vheon (2010-12-08 16:50:54)

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[SOLVED] Fluxbox − some items aren't displayed

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Last edited by adieulot (2012-04-04 08:37:25)

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["solved"] [fluxbox] xcompmgr applies shadow effect to wbar

I'm using fluxbox, xcompmgr and wbar.
When I run wbar and xcompmanager together the shadow is also applied in wbar which is undesireable.
I've tried various combinations to initialize xcompmgr and wbar and nothing works including changind load order.
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Last edited by Varnsen (2008-08-25 19:08:12)

Here's how I fixed it.
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Last edited by Varnsen (2008-08-25 19:15:15)

SOLVED Fluxbox and Nitrogen problem

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Last edited by Spheres (2012-08-05 23:09:15)

Not necessarily.
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Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-08-05 19:35:47)

[SOLVED] fluxbox program launching & incorrect $DISPLAY

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Last edited by kmiernik (2013-05-15 11:23:25)

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Last edited by kmiernik (2013-05-15 11:24:06)

[SOLVED] fluxbox middle click to group tabs doesnt work[solved]

I remember that a while ago when I installed fluxbox thatmiddle clicking the titlebar and dragging it to another window will group them together, but this does'nt happen anymore... I've tried every possible combination with the mouse and I can't get them to group together. I even installed and uninstall and built fluxbox from source from scratch. I can't find any documentation that says something changed. What happended? Any input on this will be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: mods feel free to delete this thread ctrl and left click works.
Last edited by aluser (2011-05-07 23:31:54)

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[SOLVED]fluxbox,dual monitor apps without DISPLAY command

Hello, i use a dual monitor system with nvidia videocard, i don't use xinerama and twinview i use they as 2 different displays.
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Last edited by Xeo84 (2010-12-18 18:36:39)

As reporteed here:
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Last edited by nucleuswizard (2008-03-18 17:49:58)

Perhaps an old thread, but could help some.
Fluxbox:
*Does some initial configuring of your conf files so you have your programs in the meny etc.
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*Install obconf and openbox is easely configured.
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[solved] Fluxbox - are these things needed to run

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Last edited by orphius1970 (2010-06-26 03:16:13)

You don't need fam/gamin anymore, if you haven't pcmanfm/thunar/nautilus installed.
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