How to install Esetroot (from Eterm) for Fluxbox? [SOLVED]

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Kiran · #1 Post by **Kiran** » Sun 07 May 2006, 13:32

Hi everybody,

I've installed Fluxbox but have come up with a problem. According to Fluxbox's wiki I need to install "Esetroot (from Eterm)" for a few features.

How do I go about doing this on Puppy?

Thanks,
KJ

#2 Post by MU » Sun 07 May 2006, 14:25

The wiki also suggests wmsetbg, that is available as Dotpup:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/WindowManagers/wmsetbg.pup

There is no eterm-dotpup I think.
Mark

Nathan F · #3 Post by **Nathan F** » Sun 07 May 2006, 16:52

ftp://texasangel.org/pub/dotpups/Eterm-0.93.pup
Just created this dotpup, actually just because I was creating a Fluxbox package as well. I'm looking into wmsetbg also but no reason to scrap this.

Nathan

Kiran · #4 Post by **Kiran** » Sun 07 May 2006, 17:14

MU wrote:The wiki also suggests wmsetbg, that is available as Dotpup:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/WindowManagers/wmsetbg.pup

There is no eterm-dotpup I think.
Mark

Hi Mark,

I've installed that just now but when i do "fbsetbg -i" in the terminal I still get the following error as if wmsetbg is not installed:

display doesn't set the wallpaper properly. Transparency for fluxbox and apps like aterm and xchat won't work right with it. Consider installing feh, wmsetbg (from windowmaker) or Esetroot (from Eterm) and I'll use them instead.

Nathan F wrote:ftp://texasangel.org/pub/dotpups/Eterm-0.93.pup
Just created this dotpup, actually just because I was creating a Fluxbox package as well. I'm looking into wmsetbg also but no reason to scrap this.

Nathan

Thanks Nathan. I will try that out now.

Kiran · #5 Post by **Kiran** » Sun 07 May 2006, 17:22

Nathan F wrote:ftp://texasangel.org/pub/dotpups/Eterm-0.93.pup
Just created this dotpup, actually just because I was creating a Fluxbox package as well. I'm looking into wmsetbg also but no reason to scrap this.

Nathan

Hi Nathan,

I must be doing something wrong. I've installed your dotpup and "fbsetbg -i" still gives the same error.

I've reverted back to JWM for now. I'm starting to get quite confused. Hope I can sort this out soon.

Thanks again,
KJ

Nathan F · #6 Post by **Nathan F** » Sun 07 May 2006, 17:49

Hmm...should be working now. Try calling Esetroot directly to see if it's working.

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Esetroot -s /path-to-image

If it changes your wallpaper (and it should, I just installed it on another computer no problem) then something else must be going on. The only thing I can think of that might have stuffed it up is that I compiled it in 109beta, but the libs are very nearly identical anyway so I don't think that would be it.

I've noticed that fbsetbg is very picky. It should technically work with xli in Puppy-108 but just doesn't, giving the error you mentioned. If you can't get it going with Esetroot then I'm working on a WindowMaker package that includes Wmsetbg, and that is another one of the apps that fbsetbg can use.

But no problems with jusr running jwm I'm sure.

Nathan

Kiran · #7 Post by **Kiran** » Sun 07 May 2006, 18:04

Yes Nathan, it does set the background when I do it your way:

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Esetroot -s /path-to-image

And transparency now works in Fluxbox when I do it that way.

However when you restart, the background is "lost."

The Fluxbox wiki gives this solution:

http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Howto ... startup.3F

However, since fbsetbg is not working properly in the first place, how do I get around this?

Thanks,
KJ

Nathan F · #8 Post by **Nathan F** » Sun 07 May 2006, 18:16

You could just add the Esetroor command to either .xinitrc or (preferably) the fluxbox startup script. Newer versions of Fluxbox put a startup script in /root/.fluxbox. You must also remember then to start it with the command 'xwin startfluxbox' instead of 'xwin fluxbox'.

I should have a pretty well sorted out set of packages around the time of the 109 release. You might even be interested in a few of the dockapps for system monitoring and such. I've got a favorite that puts a volume control right on the desktop.

Nathan

Kiran · #9 Post by **Kiran** » Sun 07 May 2006, 18:32

Nathan F wrote:You could just add the Esetroor command to either .xinitrc or (preferably) the fluxbox startup script. Newer versions of Fluxbox put a startup script in /root/.fluxbox. You must also remember then to start it with the command 'xwin startfluxbox' instead of 'xwin fluxbox'.

I should have a pretty well sorted out set of packages around the time of the 109 release. You might even be interested in a few of the dockapps for system monitoring and such. I've got a favorite that puts a volume control right on the desktop.

Nathan

Wow, you're good!

I've seen screenshots of system info on the desktop and it's very cool. I presume that the dockapps you mention? Here's the screenshot, click on the thumbnail to enlarge:

I think I'll tinker around a bit but I'll definitely be looking forward to your packages for 109. Is there anything like that, that I can sample at the moment?

Nathan F · #10 Post by **Nathan F** » Sun 07 May 2006, 20:41

What you're seeing in that screenshot is not a dockapp, but the Torsmo system monitor. It can be run with just about any WM, is pretty configurable, and really lightweight. We're had a Torsmo dotpup available for ages, just snag it from the dotpup downloader.

Here's a screenshot showing a few of the dockapps I mentioned down in the lower right corner. It also shows the xdg generated menu open, complete with transparency.
http://texasangel.org/images/puppyflux.png

These are small applications written for the WindowMaker desktop that range anywhere from a desktop mixer, to a cpu monitor that shows it's output in flames, to a system monitor that uses the water level to show memory usage and bubbles for cpu (with duckies swimmming above), to just about anything you might want (or not want). There's even a selection of mini games, all fitting into the same little square cubes you see there. The nice thing about them is that WindowMaker isn't the only desktop they'll run on. They work just as well in Blackbox, Fluxbox, and even fvwm (Barry used to include several back when fvwm95 was the default desktop).

I've grown to absolutely love Fluxbox over the last couple weeks, and I may very well just go a little over the top with it. I'm even considering using it on a 'Dynamite Edition' of Grafpup with all kinds of development and experimental software.

Nathan

GuestToo · #11 Post by **GuestToo** » Mon 08 May 2006, 02:06

fbsetbg probably will work ok (it's just a script, i think) ... the thing is, Puppy has xv symlinked to xli ... fbsetbg prefers to use xv rather than xli, so it does ... of course, the xv commands do not work with xli

there's a simple workaround ... just use the fbsetbg command line option to force it to use xli (or edit the script to make it prefer xli) ... this is what i did with my fluxbox package

Nathan F · #12 Post by **Nathan F** » Mon 08 May 2006, 02:42

Thanks for that, good info. I do remember seeing the symlink.

Nathan

Kiran · #13 Post by **Kiran** » Fri 12 May 2006, 19:48

Uhm, this is embarrasing.

I was using Fluxbox 913 instead of 914. Now everything works fine with 914.

Thanks a million everybody.

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