[SOLVED] quake-like terminal in openbox?

just trying out openbox (the screenshot section convinced me ) and i like it so far.
i try to keep it fast and simple, otherwise i'd install guake or something similar.
is there any way to popup urxvt by pressing a button? i don't want to start a new instance of it, just bring it to the foreground and maybe hide it again.
Last edited by konni (2008-10-19 15:04:07)

konni wrote:
the -pe kuake is nice... tried that in gnome some time ago and it didnt work...
now i just have to rebind the key
thanks!
edit: mhhm... starting it in autostart.sh works, starting via menu doesnt, x-keybinding error... well i wanted to autostart it anyway
and after editing the key in /usr/lib/urxvt/perl/kuake i'm totally happy ;D
How exactly did you get it to work? When I run (even after changing the the /usr/lib/urxvt/perl/kuake to F1) it I get the error:
tony@arch_linux ~ $ urxvt -pe kuake
urxvt: An X Error occured, trying to continue after report.
urxvt: X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
urxvt: Major opcode of failed request: 33
urxvt: (which is X_GrabKey)
urxvt: Serial number of failed request: 147
I'm currently using tilda for now, too, and while I like it, there are a few things that are less than ideal.
Last edited by tonyisnt (2008-10-17 19:27:15)

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Help setting up quake-like urxvt in OpenBox

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if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
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The keybindings are mod4+` for the tilda-like urxvt dropdown, and mod4+t for a popup urxvt terminal. Whenever I attempt to execute the terminal with either keypress combination, I receive this error: Failed to execute child process "/home/rogue/.config/openbox/urxtvq" (Permission denied)
I can't understand why I can't execute something that is placed in my own home folder. If someone could please point me in the right direction or give me a hand with fixing this up, I'd really appreciate the assistance. Thanks!
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Last edited by rogue (2011-10-12 13:22:22)

rogue wrote:
the application entry in my rc.xml is:
<application name="urxvtq">
<decor>no</decor>
<position force="yes">
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
</position>
<desktop>all</desktop>
<layer>above</layer>
<skip_pager>yes</skip_pager>
<skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
<maximized>Horizontal</maximized>
</application>
I've tried searching for how the x/y coordinates measure stuff but haven't come up with much. Is it pixel by pixel? Is it based on a one frame graph or a four frame? It seems that everytime I make a change, I must reboot, as logging out doesn't seem to do the trick. Set at 0,0 the terminal opens in the center of the screen while im on the desktop; but when I'm working in a fullscreen window and open the terminal, it appears randomly around the screen.
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<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
into
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[solved] White border around urxvt (Openbox / Dyne)

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Screenshot:
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urxvt*externalBorder: 0
urxvt*scrollBar: false
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Last edited by kvictor (2009-10-22 07:39:15)

skottish, thank you so much! At least I found where to search thing to fix.
There was one problem with you solution - if you change window.client.padding lines to the zero, you will lost ability to resize terminal window. The best fix is to change this lines:
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The other OPs thread got solved....but my issue didn't. So here it is again.
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1) Openbox stops responding on clicking either Reboot or Shutdown from the menu. Only option kill X.
2) Fluxbox doesnt have a care in the world...it keeps working...menus and all
Debian has Fluxbox installed...and shutdown and reboot work as they should.
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sudo /sbin/shutdown -h now
for the Shutdown.
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Last edited by Inxsible (2009-02-06 22:59:39)

Ok I feel like a f*ing idiot now !!!
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Zeist wrote:
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change to:
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Beemer

I have been using Guake for years and I think the tab bar is in the way. I disabled it a very long time ago and didn't look back.
Here are the shortcuts that I use:
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F3 close tab.
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(SOLVED) Closing a terminal window

When I am through using the terminal window, I hit the X at the top right corner but get this message: There is still a process running in this terminal. Closing the terminal will kill it.
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Last edited by mcduling (2011-12-19 22:23:54)

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Last edited by /dev/zero (2011-12-19 09:59:43)

[SOLVED] Automatic login to TTY1, openbox error

SOLUTION at the last post.
Hello,
I was trying to create the systemd autologin.service, to log into TTY1 right after boot.
I have been following the instructions on the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Au … al_console
PROBLEM: after boot, the login happens a few times with an error, flashing, and then dissapears leaving with a basic underscore " _ ". I can still use TTY2.
If I go back to TT1, I see the following error multiple times, (maybe its a loop):
Last login: today, etc TTY1
Openbox-Message: Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY environment variable.
Which is weird because I don't have openbox set to autostart or anything, I think. (.xinitrc is basic as well; .dmrc has kde-plasma set.)
+Info:
$ systemctl --failed
UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
[email protected] loaded failed failed Getty on tty1
$ systemctl status [email protected]
[email protected] - Getty on tty1
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Fri 2013-02-08 01:02:10 CET; 8min ago
Docs: man:agetty(8)
man:systemd-getty-generator(8)
http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/serial-console.html
Process: 878 ExecStart=/sbin/agetty --noclear -a ubunchu %I 38400 linux (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Any hints on what could be it? What file should I check?
Thanks in advance! Cheers!
Last edited by ubunchu (2013-02-21 09:34:15)

systemctl list-unit-files
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[email protected] static
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For some reason I can't disable "autologin@tty1".
Yes, this is a vanilla arch (customised by myself).
This is what I have done:
cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
-Edited the file: /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
the line: ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear %I 38400 linux
to be like this: ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear -a ubunchu %I 38400
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl disable getty@tty1
sudo systemctl enable autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl start autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl enable multi-user.target
-now tried disabling:
sudo systemctl disable getty@tty1 (again)
sudo systemctl disable autologin@tty
sudo systemctl disable autologin@tty1
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
sudo systemctl disable [email protected]
-no output, looks like it does not disable it

[Solved] Set Screen Resolution in Openbox

Is there a utility to set the screen resolution in Openbox?
Last edited by Wintervenom (2008-09-26 07:43:03)

You can make an Openbox submenu with various xrandr settings.
Like so:
<menu id="res-menu" label="Resolution">
<separator label="Resolution"/>
<item label="1280x1024">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>
xrandr -s 1280x1024
</execute>
</action>
</item>
<item label="1024x768">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>
xrandr -s 1024x768
</execute>
</action>
</item>
<item label="800x600">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>
xrandr -s 800x600
</execute>
</action>
</item>
Of course, you need to have those modes defined in xorg.conf.
Last edited by moljac024 (2008-09-26 00:06:37)

[SOLVED]Incorrect character codification in openbox dialogs

I'm triyng standalone openbox, and have noticed dialogs do not show the correct character codification, showing, for example, weird characters instead of accent vowels. What should I check to solve this? Normal windows (firefox, pcmanfm... ) do show them correctly, but not their dialogs.
Last edited by Daerun (2012-02-08 13:33:16)

That was the first thing I looked up.
locale.gen has only two uncomented entries: ca_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8 and ca_ES ISO-8859-1 wich correspond to my locale; rc.conf is set to LOCALE="ca_ES.UTF-8", and keymap to KEYMAP="es" (just in case that's of any relevance).
Last edited by Daerun (2012-02-05 21:08:04)

[SOLVED] changing keyboard layouts in openbox

HI again !
I'm using openbox and i want to change between gb (united kingdom) and gr (Greece) languages so i 've tried to add the following code to xorg.conf without any result :
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb,gr"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:shifts_toggle,lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection
The language sticks to us no matter what i do .
Can someone help me ?
Thanks !
Last edited by shak (2010-08-15 00:12:07)

karol wrote:
How about putting a space between the layouts
Option "XkbLayout" "gb, gr"
gb<comma><space>gr
I've tried that with no results
Did you disable input hotplugging?
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection
The wiki says you need to disable it.
Did that but my input devices won't work , such as the mouse
Edit: Does it work if you change it manually:
setxkbmap <xkb_layout>
Yes it works fine manually . Although i wouldn't mind using this to change the language i would like the default one to be gb instead of us . How i do that?
Last edited by shak (2010-08-14 23:53:06)

[SOLVED] dwm: Changing terminal background?

Hello all,
I'm trying out dwm and love the simplicity. I've gotten it up and running but am noticing something odd.
- If I have an .xinitrc with "exec dwm" in it and run startx, it starts up but any terminal (ctrl+alt+enter) comes up with a white background and black font.
- If I rename .xinitrc to something like .xinitrc2 and run startx, the terminal has a black background with a white font.
I want the black background and white font with .xinitrc so I can show the date. I've played around with config.h but don't see anything for the terminal colors (only the 1 2 3 ... bar above).
I'm pretty new to dwm so I might be missing something simple. Does anyone have any ideas?
Last edited by Annorax (2013-05-07 20:35:58)

karol wrote:
SolarBoyMatt wrote:
You also need
xrdb ~/.Xresources &
somewhere in your .xinitrc before you call exec dwm, so your xresources file applies each time you start dwm.
This info is in the wiki and it warns against backgrounding the operation.
Using xrdb to source your ~/.Xresources is pretty instant, so in addition to possibly causing problems, there will probably be no noticeable difference in time either.

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